Heartland Genealogy

Do you ever take the 'easy way' to do something? Well, I do all of the time when it comes to writing about an ancestor. For quite a ...

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

     Charles Oliver Mentzer was born on 1 Jul 1869 in Kewanee, Henry, Illinois, United States. 1 – 12 1 , 10 , 13 – 14 He lived in Kew...

Have you ever had trouble documenting a father/son relationship? Or, have you had trouble separating records for men of the same name? My go...

A comment was made on me previous post about sourcing. I totally agree that if I only count well-documented ancestors, then my % decreases d...

Last May, we started a home improvement project to replace broken and damaged concrete. Since the concrete was under our screened-in-porch...