Records Articles
A new-on-the-scene search engine, Mocavo, is genealogy-specific and blazing fast. It searches tens of thousands of websites such as forums, blogs, state archives, Find A Grave, the Library of Congress, Internet Archive and the National Archives.
8/2/2011
Uncle Sam did his best to keep tabs on your ancestors. We reveal the secrets for tapping into genealogical records from federal agencies.
5/12/2010
Before you shell out for a family coat of arms, check our primer and learn how you can discover if you really have heraldry in your heritage.
8/4/2010
Start your manuscript hunt by using these key online archival portals to check for manuscripts in Canada, Great Britain and the United States.
11/6/2012
Put your ancestors in their place with these three secrets for finding local history even when there's no published account of your family's old stomping ground.
11/10/2010
With 2 million free General Land Office patents to mine, the Bureau of Land Management's Web site is an El Dorado for public land records.
7/28/2011
If your ancestor strayed to the wrong side of the law, we’ll help you conduct a genealogical investigation into a bounty of criminal records.
6/14/2011
Let these steps guide your Civil War sailor research.
5/26/2010
You know when your ancestors were born, but do you know how they were born?
11/17/2010
Walk down the aisle into your family history and discover what marriage records and customs can reveal about your ancestors.
1/21/2011