Judson Foster Crawford – Railroad Man
Walking in My Great-Grandfather’s Footsteps One of the challenges of family history is that our ancestors often leave behind only the bare facts of their… Read More »Judson Foster Crawford – Railroad Man
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Friday Find
Two newspapers, one 1907 wedding—and different details in each. Discover what the accounts of Cora Adams and Nelson Crawford’s Dodge City marriage reveal about their… Read More »Friday Find
When ThruLines Numbers Don’t Make Sense
Why do Ancestry ThruLines match numbers sometimes drop as you move back a generation? A look at my Hutchinson DNA puzzle, what ThruLines numbers really… Read More »When ThruLines Numbers Don’t Make Sense
FOIA Disappointing
When I mailed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Veterans Affairs in December 2024, I knew I might be waiting… Read More »FOIA Disappointing
Discovering Google Gemini: How I Started Creating Custom “Gems”
Ever tried building a custom “Gem” in Google Gemini? 💎 I went from hesitant to hooked after realizing how much AI can streamline a research… Read More »Discovering Google Gemini: How I Started Creating Custom “Gems”
Monday’s Diggings
What looked like a routine 1899 Kansas deed turned out to preserve part of a decades-long friendship. A family biography explains why George W. Allen… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
This week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge asked about names that run in the family. I thought the answer would be Noah, Nelson, or John—but… Read More »Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Sharing AI-Assisted Genealogical Biographies on Ancestry
For years, my Ancestry tree has contained the records documenting my ancestors’ lives—census records, marriage records, deeds, military files, and obituaries. Those records are invaluable,… Read More »Sharing AI-Assisted Genealogical Biographies on Ancestry
FAN Club and yDNA
Sorting Out the Crawfords of Early Kentucky Do you have a FAN Club for your brick wall ancestor? Have you mapped the Friends, Associates, and… Read More »FAN Club and yDNA
Mapping the Heirs of Lewis N. Hutchinson
A Probate Notice Reveals a Family Network One of the most valuable genealogical records is often not a census, a will, or a deed. Sometimes… Read More »Mapping the Heirs of Lewis N. Hutchinson