Family History Research by Jody Lutter

We can turn to DNA to try to uncover the parents of Jonas Long, my 5th great grandfather. We are looking for the identities of 6th great gra...

Letitia, or Lucretia Frances, daughter of Jonas Long and Elizabeth Merrell, was a bit challenging to track. She was born about 1831, probabl...

What became of Catherine Long, daughter of Jonas Long and Elizabeth Merrell? She was born about 1826, probably in Middlesex County, New Jers...

The United States federal census provides a framework for tracing families every ten years (except the mostly destroyed 1890). Later census ...

Sometimes two people share similar facts, causing confusion to later generations who try to sort through records to craft accurate family tr...