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Where we go behind the scenes, sharing ideas and experiences in genealogy and family history. One of the challenges of writing a family...

While it's hard for me to imagine doing genealogy on a phone, I admit that until recently our mobile site lacked the attractiveness and...

For I long time I've wanted to publish a more extensive Philip Smith tree and had hoped to recruit a researcher who might submit one. ...

Earlier this summer my sister Alice and I stopped on our way to Manitoba to visit Schmidt Maple Woods near Stanley, Wisconsin. The...

If you haven't been here for awhile, you'll notice the new Members Area (formerly the Members Page). The changes were necessitated by a...

We're gradually being discovered by more Schmitt descendants, and I can't say how gratifying it is to hear from you and to hear how the...

I'm delighted to have received email this past year from newfound relatives offering corrections to family trees, as well as thanks for...

When I wrote of my recent visit with Dr. H.C. Habein and his family, I'd not yet received the news of his passing on December 4, 2017. ...

Have a box of old family photos you're not sure how to preserve? That was my family's dilemma when my mother presented us with a...

Twenty years ago, before censuses and ship's manifests were routinely found online, I bought a roll of microfilm I had reason to believe...