Family History Research by Jody Lutter

In October I visited Sleepy Hollow Cemetery for a Walking Tour . This ninety acre burial ground is the final resting place of my paternal gr...

Jacob H Duryea (1850-1928) is related to my father through both of Jacob's parents, George W Duryea (1823-1864) and Rene Brewer (1824-...

Finally I am placed in an Ancestry.com DNA Circle . The common ancestor surprised me:  Mary Evenshirer.   Nobody else has this surn...

Thanks to Barbara over at Barb's Family Stories for alerting us to a great (and free) searchable resource for New York State newspa...

My aunt gave me some pictures taken in a cemetery, probably in the late 1960s.  I recognized the setting as Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleep...

When researching your family's history, each new discovery answers some questions and raises new ones.  Such was the case with the Estat...

When researching family lines, it is vital that you research siblings of your direct ancestors, as well as their children and grandchildren,...

I finally found a marriage record for my 3x great grandparents, Stephen C Duryea (1814-1887) and Mary Ann Evanshirer (1842-1916) !  The rec...

Mary Evenshirer was my 3x great grandmother.  She was born in New York City around 1842.  She died in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jerse...

Your biggest and most obvious hint to check for a double enumeration in the census is when the census was repeated.   This happened in New Y...

Abraham Lent Brewer was born in 1826 in Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to James Brewer and Mary Lent.  His sister, Rene Brewer, w...