There’s a lot of hilarious genealogy humor floating around the internet, here are ten finds that made us laugh the loudest. 1. General Relativity is a Breeze 2. How Will You Be Remembered? 🙂 3. It’s the Truth 4. My Family History is Finally Complete! (um, no) 5. Family History Secrets …
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The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research recently made documents public from a rare collection of previously lost Jewish Holocaust-era literary and religious materials. This collection, which totals over 170,000 pages, has never before been published.
Occupations are one of the most coveted gems of genealogy research — they give us a glimpse in to the daily lives of our ancestors in a way that few other raw details can. But if you’ve spent some time digging through old records you’ve probably come across jobs that you have never heard of, most likely because …
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By Susan Wallin Mosey I try to be a cheerful and upbeat genealogist—but once in a while, even a real peach of a human being like myself just has to let off some steam. Lately, four old and familiar issues in particular are really getting on my nerves, genealogically speaking… 1. The missing 1890 census. …
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By Susan Wallin Mosey This is part 3 of a 3 part series. Read part 2 here. Excerpts from the childhood of my mother-in-law, Donna Garver Mosey (one of fourteen children), in her own words: Mom did the milking, since Dad didn’t like working with the twelve cows. We sold the cream but not milk—we …
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By Susan Wallin Mosey Excerpts from the childhood of my mother-in-law, Donna Garver Mosey, in her own words. This is part 2 of a 3 part series, read part 1 here. At school we had a recess at 10:30 and 2:30, and a one-hour lunch break at noon. Reading was my favorite subject. I remember what …
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Here are 15 of our favorite quotes about family history. We hope you enjoy them! 1. Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. – Ralph Waldo Emerson 2. If you are lucky enough to …
By Susan Wallin Mosey More died from flu than from bullets that year… That was the sad truth in America in 1918. World War I was raging, but so was an influenza epidemic like the world had never seen. Theodore Peterson—my great uncle Ted—was an engineering student at the University of Nebraska when duty called. …
Thank you to Andrew Chapman, editor of Discover Your Ancestors, for sharing this news about their annual print issue. The 4th annual print edition of Discover Your Ancestors is a unique collection of original articles, written by experts, on a wide range of family and social history themes. Inside you’ll find a wealth of information …
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Thank you to the family history research site Crestleaf for contributing this guest post. When most people think of genealogy, they tend to think of an older demographic or those who have ample time on their hands to conduct family history research. But genealogist and co-host of Genealogy Roadshow, D. Joshua Taylor, knows that these genealogical stereotypes …