Clothing tells a story. Our clothes express who we are and what we value. They may give clues about our occupation or background. They can g…

I have talked to many researchers tracing their families who are plodding right along, finding their ancestors in United States records with…

Do you feel like you have reached a dead end in your German genealogy research? According to one experienced genealogical researcher, a dead…

I’ve always self-identified as ‘German-American.’ Growing up in Milwaukee I took for granted that everyone enjoyed liverwurst sandwiches on …

German census records are extremely helpful in identifying family groups and providing a time frame when children move away from home, marry…

The Objective of this class is to learn the basic principles surrounding German spelling variations in both given and place names as well as how to apply these principles to solve family history problems.

In this class you are going to learn how valuable address books to your German research. Listen to the whole class in order to learn how to apply them in your research. Maybe you will be able to solve your problem with them. The entire duration of this class is 32:02.

Learn about the three parts of a traditional Russian name, the difference between feminine and masculine names, and resources to help you decipher Polish and German names written in Russian.

Locate your Germans from Russia ancestor's records by determining their hometown using online resources, published works, and gazetteers.

Among my prized possessions of people long gone are two newspapers. To be exact, they are several assembled pieces of paper. One set was giv…