3 weeks ago Escaping the winter doldrums By Nancy Battick Once the excitement of the holidays has passed, it’s easy to slip into the winter doldrums.
1 month ago Bringing down walls By Nancy Battick When genealogists discover they can’t proceed further in their research into a family or individual, they call it hitting a brick wall.
3 months ago Solo women were rare By Nancy Battick In my last column I wrote about the challenges involved in researching the early censuses.
3 months ago Early census oddities By Nancy Battick One of the frustrating things involving the early U.
4 months ago By sea or by rail By Nancy Battick Did you have an ancestor who worked in transportation? Here in New England, many of us had ancestors who were involved with the sea or rivers.
4 months ago Translators can help By Nancy Battick If you’re searching in a foreign-language newspaper or other documents and don’t know the language, then you have a couple of choices.
5 months ago Searching for your English roots By Nancy Battick A reader recently asked for advice on locating records from England.
5 months ago New England’s whalers By Nancy Battick The New England Historic Genealogical Society recently announced a new database available to their subscribers, Offshore Whaling Crew Lists, 1799-1927.
6 months ago What ‘Roots’ gave to genealogy By Nancy Battick In 1976 Alex Haley’s “Roots,” already a national bestselling book, became a miniseries.