HOW TO FIGURE A BIRTHDATE

REMEMBER THIS NUMBER: 8870
 
This is not an error: It is the number to remember when you want
to find the birthdate of someone when you only have the date of
death and age.
 
How do you figure the birthdate?
 
Suppose the person died May 6, 1889, at the age of
71 years, 7 months, 9 days.
 
1. Write the year, month, [...]

Gade / Wood Death Certificates

 

 

Cracking the Code on Cemetery Ciphers

Grave markers reveal not only names and dates, but often offer data that in many cases can be found nowhere else; ethnic origins, occupations and affiliations, beliefs and values, manner of death, names of relatives, even personal traits that survivors held dear.
However, not everything is clearly etched in epitaph – gravestones can hold intricately carved [...]

Plan a Trip to the Cemetery

Plan a Trip to the Cemetery

Cemeteries provide a valuable, tangible link with the past, and often offer an opportunity to gather data that in many cases can be found nowhere else.
If you plan a visit to an ancestral cemetery on your own, or with a single research companion, there’s no need to make special arrangements. [...]

Eight Important How-to Tips in Searching Census Records

Eight Important How-to Tips in Searching Census Records
Census records may be the single most utilized search tool online for family tree research. From 1930 back to the founding of the country, the records of every census are available online. By using census records you may be able to trace your family tree back to when [...]

Immigration at Ellis Island

The History of Ellis Island New York: Vintage Immigration

Immigration through Ellis Island -  award winning documentary 28 mins.