In honor of World Health Day, let’s celebrate by taking a deep dive into medicine in history. While we might be familiar with some common me…

When it comes to using DNA to make genealogy breakthroughs it helps to gather as many tips and tricks as possible and to familiarize yoursel…

Genetic inheritance is one of the most important things to understand when you’re trying to break through a brick wall in your genealogy res…

This class explains how to use Szukaj w Archiwach, the Polish State Archives website.

A surprise email from a professional genealogist opened a new window on my grandmother Justyna Davidovich, my maternal grandmother. She died…

Learn how to use the many finding aids for Poland records developed by many interested groups. A finding aid will show you which church and civil records are available and the archive or online location of the record.

Sometimes when researching my Polish ancestors I find that parish records have been lost. In one case, I have reconstructed the parish by se…

New acquisitions this month include four volumes of Creek Indian records, a guide to tracing Polish ancestors in Chicago, New Brunswick marr…

This lesson will teach you how to use the online gazetteer Kartenmeister.com to find German, Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian names for the same locality. You will also learn to find all the villages listed within a county or “Kreis” and how to collaborate with other people researching the same localities.

Looking for ancestors in Poland? This class discusses the historical changes of Poland that affected the records of your ancestor. Come learn about resources to identify where your Polish town is located and where to find records.