Life From The Roots

If you are a Vista user, you may be aware that some of your peripherals didn't work with your new computer, esp. if you bought it last y...

Below are the DAR application papers for my great grandmother, Mira Kilborn Bishop, dated October 16, 1913. Her mother was also a member, an...

The Pointer Sisters were on CBS Morning Show the other morning, and they sang I'm So Excited ..., so all day, I hummed that tune. Howeve...

Cyndi Howells of Cyndi's List wrote, Planting Your Family Tree Online ( How to Create Your Own Family History Web Site , pub. in Octobe...

Old Hurley Burying Ground, Hurley, Ulster Co., New York Cemetery visit on Stone House Day, 7/14/2001. Cemetery stone states: "Captain...

Research during my first 10 years of my genealogy research sure has been different than the past 10. I tend to think of my research in the 1...

The nice thing about being the new kid on the blogging block is meeting new people, connecting with some who know the ropes, and some who en...

After almost 10 months of not being an Ancestry.com subscriber, I bit the bullet and signed on for the Limited Time Offer of a one month sub...

Anne Dudley Bradstreet, America's First Poetress My 8th great grandmother First Burying Ground, No. Andover, Essex Co., Massachus...

The last time I went to the New York Public Library (NYPL) at Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd was in May 2001. My husband and I took a...