Records Articles
Do creative juices flow through your family tree? Discover your inventive ancestors — and get inspired by their ingenuity — using resources from the US patent and trademark office.
4/1/2004
These interpretations can help you speculate about what the cemetery's inhabitants were trying to tell you through their gravestone iconography.
11/1/2002
Want to get really close to your ancestors? Head for the cemetery. Here's how to find your ancestors' final resting places and what you can learn from tombstones.
10/1/2000
Shhh! We're letting you in on one of genealogy's best-kept secrets: the resources of the WPA's Historical Records Survey.
11/3/2009
Get tips for locating the records surveys created in the WPA era — and today.
4/1/2005
Discover WPA-generated oral histories on the Library of Congress' Web site.
4/1/2005
Fortunately for genealogists, the grim reaper leaves a paper trail. Here's how to find facts about your clearly departed ancestors using death certificates, funeral home records and obituaries.
8/1/2002
You've got questions about discovering, preserving and celebrating your family history; our experts have the answers.
9/27/2009
Need a jump-start? Juice up your research by consulting the roster of family history records listed here.
7/1/2008
Here's help finding birth records of relatives born overseas. See the December 2006 Family Tree Magazine for advice on obtaining ancestors' birth records in the United States.
9/27/2009