Created by Danielle Cournoyer, ResearcherPublished: March 2021PDF Download, 8 pagesIn the 19th and early 20th centuries, American cities seemingly sprang up overnight as new industries, new immigrant populations, and new...

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 Stephanie Call, Associate Director of Archives and Education at Wyner Family Heritage Center at NEHGSPublished: December 2020PDF Download, 12 pages The oral tradition of a family is perhaps...

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...

Created by American Ancestors Genealogist Eileen PirontiPublished: October 2020PDF Download, 7 pages Historical bank records are an overlooked resource for family historians. When they survive, these records can provide information...

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 Senior Genealogist Rhonda R. McClurePublished: June 2020PDF Download, 6 pages Família! Learn the basics of Portuguese family history research from Senior Genealogist Rhonda R. McClure. Rhonda will...

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...