German-Russians in the Holocaust
By Susie Wickman at Genealogy Journey German-Russians: their terrible ordeal in the Holocaust When my sister and I attended the Germans from Russia Heritage Society 2016 convention, we attended a…
Mapping Military Service
Mapping Military Service -- ScribbleMaps Mapping Military Service with ScribbleMaps I am blessed to work at a local library branch and have the opportunity to teach genealogy classes of…
Federal Land Grants to Railroads: Checkerboarding
This article was originally published as: Railroad Land Grants in the Dakotas: Was One Fourth of North Dakota Really Given to Railroads? By Ken Vogele Editor, Black Hills Chapter GRHS…
Do You Have Politicians in Your Family Tree?
Don't forget to vote! Do you have politicians in your family tree? Now that the election is upon us, I thought it would be fun to look at the ancestors…
Death is a Grave Matter
Death Records Genealogists love death records. They are one of the big three BMD (birth, marriage, death) records that we search for to document events in our ancestors history. Those…
Checking it Off the List #1
Now that I’m doing a blog in addition to teaching classes and working, I find that my own genealogy work gets put aside. So, I’m vowing to do a…