Searching FamilySearch's SSDI.
1/1/2004
Think you don't have a prayer of bringing down those brick walls in your research? Here's how to find and use family Bibles to discover your own begats.
12/1/2001
Documents produced by marriages
6/1/2000
FamilySearch and the National Archives and Records Administration digitize Civil War widows' pension files.
3/1/2008
If your ancestors had a business or created literary or artistic works, consider trademark or copyright research.
4/1/2004
What happens to the uprooted graves and crypts in hurricane-ravaged cemeteries?
7/1/2007
Public records laws are making it harder to get Grandma's birth certificate. Find out why — and what you can do about it.
12/1/2006
Original copies of newspapers are a thing of the past.
10/1/2001
Family history researchers created a surge in Freedom of Information Act requests in 2004.
8/1/2005
Q. My grandmother gave me a newspaper article about an ancestor who received a patent for some kind of saw in 1911 or 1912. I've tried searching the US Patent and Trademark Office Web site, but haven't found any matches. I don't have a patent number. Now what?
6/1/2005