By Nancy Battick Roots Tech, the world’s largest family history celebration, has now ended, but you still have time to access many of the sessions online for free.

By Nancy Battick Many genealogists know the work of the late Robert Charles Anderson.

By Nancy Battick In years past, our grandmothers were itching to begin spring cleaning, after being shut in all winter and heating with wood or coal.

By Nancy Battick The National Archives and Records Administration was established in 1934 with the mission to preserve federal records vital to our nation’s history.

By Nancy Battick Many genealogists deal with steps and halves in their family trees.

By Nancy Battick You may have come across the term “forensic genealogy” and wondered what it means.

By Nancy Battick When we’re writing our family history we focus on dates, vital records and names of family members.

By Nancy Battick When we’re writing our family history we focus on dates, vital records and names of family members.

By Nancy Battick A recent article in the National Genealogical Society magazine dealt with hidden gems found in public libraries.

By Nancy Battick For years we’ve been told that MtDNA (maternal DNA) is passed from mother to children, both male and female, but only daughters pass it on to their own children.

At the September meeting of the Wassebec Genealogical Society, Ethan Annis of the Lary Funeral Home spoke about trends regarding funerals.

By Nancy Battick Poor farms or town farms were rural New England’s way of caring for indigent people before today’s welfare and Social Security were created.

By Nancy Battick When James Roosevelt, father of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, died in 1900, his will contained something unique.

By Nancy Battick American Ancestors’ weekly e-zine recently posed a survey question regarding ancestral languages.

By Nancy Battick If you’ve ever wandered through old cemeteries along the coast of Maine, you may have come across a headstone with the inscription “lost at sea.

By Nancy Battick We’re all victims of genetic roulette.

By Nancy Battick I have a cousin I’ll call Susan, who lives out of state in a nursing home.

By Nancy Battick Occasionally I write about the necessity not to judge our ancestors by today’s standards.