Post 9/11 however they grew, and continue to do so, with nations all over the world debating whether your right to access public information should be halted. It was reported the in September 11 terrorist attacks the terrorists gained their documentation, drivers licenses and so on from information that they gleaned online. Further, since that tim...

Australia was of course one of the penal colonies, where the black sheep ancestors of many Australians today were retired to when they committed some kind of misdeed, or in those days, imagined misdeed against the crown. Australia was for all intents and purposes, for a time, a large penal colony for those who had committed some major or minor inf...

The first group are those who are already part of a tribe or a Native American or American Indian community. When that’s the case, it is definitely far easier to accomplish their genealogy, as most American Indian tribes these days keep their own histories fairly well and will be well able to assist you. If you do belong to a given tribe, o...

The first will be finding exactly what tribe or band your parent, or your grandparents actually belonged to may be difficult unless you have some clues to go on. The second thing is that by and large you will most likely not find any measure of acceptance there, or if you do, its going to take some real effort.. A harsh thing to say perhaps but so...

Not every country, or culture has good records of their existence and some of them, in all honesty, have been pursued or persecuted to the point that in some instances it didnt’ pay to relate or keep abreast of family histories. Jewish history, as well all know has some instances of this, much like Native American, Russian, and other culture...

You’d be amazed how many folks begin to trace their family tree because they heard they were related to Jesse James, or Marilyn Monroe, or George Washington, or any number of other people they’d truly love to be able to claim in their family tree. In most cases, to be honest, they found they weren’t but the searching was half the...

While in the beginning of your genealogy work, you’re probably not going to go to much expense for things like genealogy reference books, particularly if its just a sometimes hobby for you, but as you get more deeply involved you’re going to find that a few books to point you in the right direction will help immensely. When you come to...

When searching for an ancestor, one of the places that may serve us well is one which most of us neglect. Funeral home records may assist you in learning about your ancestors who are further back, in a time when it wasn’t necessary to issue a death certificate, or in some cases, when those were lost, such as is common in the years surroundin...

Just What does it mean.. Twice removed? If someone came up to you in the store and said, Hey how’s it going, I’m your second cousin twice removed, would you be as clueless as most of the rest of us when it comes to understanding exactly what she was talking about. Essentially we have a fairly good grasp on what the essential relations...

Genealogy in Australia quite often involves a family finding out that they have a convict in their past, who was sent to Australia by virtue of a punishment called Transportation. Now we all know what we think the word transportation means, however in this case, it is a punishment that was meted out to those who had done something wrong in what i...