Ancestry Island

Every genealogist has them; those ancestors whose lives are not an open book, whose records (and sometimes even names) we haven't found ...

On my way home yesterday I was listening to NPR's All Things Considered and one of their feature stories was titled: This database could...

Here they are, my two fathers: This is the father who raised me, the man I think of when I hear the word "Dad". If you want to kno...

Here's four-year old me with my Easter basket on my trusty tricycle in the backyard in Encanto; the blooming tree behind me is an avocad...

Merry & Happy! I don’t own any quilts that my ancestors may have made, but I thought I’d share this amazing one donated to the American ...

Happy Thanksgiving! Kate Jarvik Birch (American, born 1977) Untitled [Cranberry Sauce], 2020 Gouache on paper, 6 x 6 inches. Private collect...

I'm warming up to using AI for help with genealogy, so I asked Bing's Copilot about my 4th Great Grandfather Solomon Joseph Hartley ...