Heartland Genealogy

Do you ever find yourself retracing your research steps because you learn about a new family connection? Yep, that's me. I'm going b...

Last Wednesday, I had the opportunity to visit the Family History Center in Topeka, Kansas. During this visit, I was able to access digitize...

Have you ever seen a name in a deed or court document and thought to yourself, 'Hey, I've seen that name before?' Well that was ...

Well, I'm chasing those Crawfords thru another set of Kentucky tax lists. This time, I'm looking in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Anothe...

Do you find little clues in tax records? When I reviewed the Lincoln County Kentucky tax records, I made some discoveries that are helping m...

Have you ever re-looked at some tax records and discovered that you can now figure out who these people might be when before they were just ...

Have you ever 'lost' an ancestor for a period of time? That's my situation with my ancestor, James Crawford. James and Sally D...

Do you have same name issues in your genealogy research? Or, do you have 'mystery men' of the same surname in the same location as y...

Have you used city directories to help locate a person between census years? Although I'm not finding as much detail in tax lists, I am ...

Have you ever tried to figure out who is who in a community when there are multiple people of the same name? Well, that's where I am w...

Have you ever tried to track someone thru the census and just have them disappear? I have and it is frustrating! I'm trying to figure ...

I've been trying to learn more about my ancestor, John Thompson (1797-1857) in hopes of identifying his parents. He married Sarah Igleha...