Family History Research by Jody Lutter

Imagine enduring a difficult life within the confines of a mental institution, only to be laid to rest in an unmarked grave identified by no...

The City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania maintained its vital records separate from the State until around 1915. In the news is a codified ag...

Below is the list of records not available online that were ordered and not yet fulfilled. The  last published list  was November 4, 2025. D...

We aren't going to be seeing vital records from the State of New York any time soon. The New York State Senate and Assembly passed bills...

Below is the list of records not available online that were ordered and not yet fulfilled. The  last published list  was September 22, 2025....

  Below is the list of records not available online that were ordered and not yet fulfilled. The  last published list  was September 16, 202...

Below is the list of records not available online that were ordered and not yet fulfilled. The  last published list  was May 5, 2025. Death ...

Over the years I’ve written about the difficulties in obtaining copies of vital records from the State of New York . The only way to receive...

The State of New York is years behind in fulfilling orders for genealogical copies of vital records. Years . This is a problem because the o...

Below is the list of records not available online that were ordered and not yet fulfilled. More items were ordered since the  last published...

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...

Genetic Communities is Ancestry.com's newest feature for DNA testers. This is not the same as an ethnicity estimate.  Please see The ...

Inspired by a genealogical blog post , I crafted some ancestor maps of my own.  Using the ancestors of my father, I created two maps :  1- P...