Created by Ann Lawthers, Genealogist Published: October 2021 PDF Download, 12 pages Whether your ancestors lived in New England in the 17th century or the 21st centuries, this syllabus will...

  Ireland has a unique and rather confusing system of land divisions, all of which need to be known and understood to effectively and accurately look for your ancestors. A...

Created by American Ancestors Director of Research Services Lindsay FultonPublished: May 2020PDF Download, 7 pages Hit a brick wall in your research? Cluster research is a method that broadens the...

Virginia was not only the largest and most populous of the American colonies, but its population was also highly migratory within Virginia’s borders and beyond. Little wonder then that so...

Created by Kyle Hurst, Senior Genealogist of the Newbury Street Press Published: November 2022 PDF Download, 10 pages This syllabus is intended to accompany our webinar “Migration: New England To and...

Town records from New England can contain a wealth of genealogical information. These records can contain records of births, marriages, burials, mortgages, name changes, and more that can help you...

By the end of the War of 1812, nearly 35,000 American Regulars and 458,000 militia had served on land and sea. In this syllabus, Chief Genealogist David Allen Lambert provides...

Created by American Ancestors Chief Genealogist David Allen Lambert and Genealogist Melanie McCombPublished: September 2020PDF Download, 8 pagesIn the 17th and early 18th centuries, Maine (then part of Massachusetts), New...

Created by American Ancestors Genealogist Hallie BorstelPublished: December 2020PDF Download, 7 pagesAs family historians, we focus on tracing our ancestry further and further into the past, going back one generation...

So, you think you’re descended from royalty? You might be surprised to learn that a large number of Americans can claim descent from European nobility. In this lecture, Researcher Zachary...

Created by Lindsay Fulton, Vice President for Research and Library ServicesPublished: January 2021PDF Download, 20 pagesWhen most family historians think about the census, they think of the population schedule—the enumeration...

Created by Susan Donnelly, Genealogist Published: April 2021 PDF Download, 11 pages For many living in New England during the 17th through 19th centuries, their livelihood and even survival was...