Austin, Scovill, Drake and Hughes

Last week a hint showed up for Allison Royce Drake in my online family tree.  I was so excited!  I've never gotten a hint for him before...

My great grandfather -- Allison Royce Drake -- has always been a puzzle. No death certificate.  No mention of him at family get- togethers, ...

Another Letter from Dennis E Austin: Jan 1st  11 My Dear Parents I was intending to answer your letter so you would get it before Chri...

At the end of last year, I hired a researcher at the Mitchell Research Center in Hillsdale, Michigan to investigate some of the records they...

Today on Ancestry i found "a page from Amos Daniels probate file naming heirs."  I love it when someone includes a photocopied pag...

I hate dead ends.  Some folks who study genealogy call them "Brick Walls."  But that seems a little too optimistic.  The phrase im...

I'm trying to get to know my female ancestors a little better.  As a genealogist, I sometimes just want to scream at all the women I kno...