By Frank Dorman Published: 1998

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...

  Centuries of Irish history were lost as a result of the Four Courts Fire in Dublin in 1922. Senior Genealogist Rhonda R. McClure will delve into the history leading...

 With the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War fast approaching, you may be interested in documenting your family connection to an American patriot and applying to a lineage society. In...

When it comes to researching your Jewish ancestry, it is not just a matter of researching your ancestors as it can be in other situations. Instead, you must have a...

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...

The first Scandinavians arrived in North America nearly 1,000 years ago on Viking ships. Today, an estimated 11 million Americans have Scandinavian ancestry. This webinar will provide an introduction to...

While we might wish all our ancestors’ records were typed in a standard format and perfectly legible, that simply isn’t the case. Many of the records family historians turn to...

Slavery in New England played a significant role in the region's early history. Cities like Boston and Newport were important ports for the transatlantic slave trade, with ships bringing enslaved...

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 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...

Every family historian wants to visit their ancestral homestead. Changing street names, landscapes, and boundaries can make this task difficult. This online lecture will discuss resources for identifying an ancestor’s...