Coincidence?

Recently I went to New Orleans for a girls’ weekend, and geek that I am, I took a few hours for myself to sneak over to the New Orleans library to research my family in the Times-Picayune. My grandfather was a real estate developer in the area, so I knew there...

Why Social Security Matters*

*To a genealogist, at least. First a follow-up to the last post. Yury had problems commenting on the blog, but he wrote me: I think the best candidate is “Жмудская”. There is no clear “Жм” on the document, but those could’ve easily be...

Mapping Answers

One of the genealogical mysteries I’ve had is how to figure out from where people come. On my father’s side, he was always told his grandmother’s family was from Vilna. But that same grandmother had a half-sister who told her grandchildren that they...