Family History Research by Jody Lutter

Images of New York City vital records are now online- for free! The included years start in the mid 1860s or upon creation of the five borou...

New Jersey indexes of vital records from the early 1900s will be coming online. This is great news from a group called Reclaim the Records...

If you have not heard , you can now access digital images of Catholic records on the website of the National Library of Ireland . A lot o...

The research trip to Albany, New York lasted three days.  I found a lot of useful information.  I was unable to post because Internet servic...

When searching newspapers online, keep in mind that most search options do not distinguish keywords from proper names. GenealogyBank.com...

Someone sent me newspaper clippings from the New Jersey Deutsche Zeitung - "German Times."  These articles are invaluable to my re...

Fold3 sent me an invitation to review its new search capabilities.  The version is still in its Beta form.  Fold3 is a pay site that offers...

I have not written about the 1940 United States Federal Census that became available in April.  Frankly, I was waiting for an index.  Not wa...

Saturday (May 19, 2012) was the Spring Seminar of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey  at the First Presbyterian Church in Newton, f...

On April 21st at Monmouth University I attended a presentation on military records by Craig R Scott , hosted by the Monmouth County Genealo...

Yesterday I visited the National Archives in New York City at 201 Varick Street.   (They plan to relocate this year.)   The tour was sponso...