Robert Gillespie, husband, father, and miner emigrated to the United States in 1869; he never became a United States citizen. Without naturalization information, it becomes more difficult to find the birthplace of the émigré before 1900. This presentation concentrates on looking for other sources and sites to find his hometown.

This presentation takes an understanding of the DNA report to the next level. As a warm-up, we will touch on the DNA Ethnicity Report, the DNA Circles, and the DNA Story; more importantly, we will calculate found matches, evaluate the degree of relationship, and compare DNA. This course is geared for those who are beyond […]

Walking into the county courthouse can be an intimidating experience for some, but using the actual index, navigating to the proper record, and understanding the vocabulary can be a real mystery. This presentation will address the mysteries of finding and understanding the county land records whether offline or online.

Are you looking for context and documentation?  Do you have an ancestor that seems to have slipped between the cracks? Then these Texas gems hidden away in our county courthouses may hold an answer for you. This presentation not only presents 2 fun Texan stories that have come to life with information found within Miscellaneous […]

This is a fun presentation with strategies, sources and a variety of documents that just might hammer down that frustrating brick wall. Examples of brick walls broken down are demonstrated by using vital records, military records, census, prison, land records, newspapers, passenger manifests, and divorce records including a complicated story tracking a woman whose name […]