Family History Research by Jody Lutter

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...

 A substantial fee hike is proposed for genealogical records within the custody of the United States Citizen and Immigration Services (...

New York City is seeking to limit public availability of birth and death records to 125 and 75 years after the event, respectively, accordin...

The DNA genealogy testing company, 23andMe , has lowered its price back to $99 (US dollars) after doubling it to $199 one year ago .  This f...

To celebrate DNA Day , FamilyTreeDNA and AncestryDNA had brief sales on their kits .  Their autosomal DNA testing kits regularly cost $100...

After years of decreasing prices for DNA testing for genealogy, I am sad to write that the price has increased. 23andMe is reviving its ...

From July 1 - 5, 2015 Ancestry.com offers free access to help you celebrate the 4th of July.  Go to the homepage, click on the "Search ...

I didn't think we would see a sale at 23andMe so soon after their massive price reduction , but to my surprise, kits are on sale! The...

A little year-end gift from Ancestry.com to you:   free access to the collections new in 2012 .  Included are vital records for Massachuset...

In case you have not heard, 23andMe and drastically lowered the price of a DNA testing kit from $299 to $99.  There is no subscription fee....

Today was the introduction to the New York State Archives and Library  by the helpful staff. I concentrated on vital records indexes.  Ne...

DNA testing kits at Family Tree DNA are on sale!  If you were waiting to test your DNA, a sale is the perfect time to order.  The sale ...

The August 2012 O, The Oprah Magazine features the article "Up A Tree" by Leslie Larson about genealogy!  I love to see our pass...

Thomas MacEntee over at GeneaBloggers is posting several articles about money and genealogy.  People have asked me and I have asked myse...

Hello Everyone. As I mentioned in a comment to a post, I ordered DNA kits because of sales.  FamilyTreeDNA is having a sale.  Their auto...

I logged onto my email tonight just in time to see the awaited announcement from Ancestry that I could purchase one of their new DNA kits ...

A great way of finding a date of death for someone in all states for recent times is the Social Security Death Index, which is available at ...

I was surprised this morning when I visited Ancestry.com and the Upromise banner appeared at the top of the page. Upromise has added Anc...