Anyone who does genealogy even as a weekend hobby knows that you’re going to be literally buried under files and folders in no time at all. The hobbyist to the expert, wants to keep a copy of everything that you come across that pertains to what you are currently researching, and we are tempted by the vast array of copiers to do just that. Once y...

One of the better places to seek your family roots is in the records of property.Since the concept of owning land began thousands of years ago, property purchases and gifts have been taking place and all of them leave a trail of paper that makes our lives as genealogists a great deal easier. Deeds, wills, transfers, mortgages and land grants are a...

The Latter Day Saints, also known as Mormons, are a group that has tenaciously collected genealogy records in two forms, a library and an online research engine, the first of which has celebrated over 100 years of community service. The Family History Library was founded in 1894 in Utah to gather and preserve valuable family information in one cen...