Road 13 Family History – Family History: Rudeen & Rademacher

I recently discovered that the FamilySearch library in Salt Lake City has name indexes for the Federal Land Tract Books. The tract books show all of the ownership claims for those federal lands that were made available for public purchase. Without a name index, the tract books are really difficult to use, so usually you […]

In the previous installment of the John Martinson Project, we examined the early childhood of Jöns Mårtensson. In this post, we’ll look his young … more...

I have several ongoing projects related to scanning and archiving various family photo collections. I want my photo collections to be accessible, … more...

There is a companion site my Family History blog. It’s the “Family Tree” site that’s listed on the menu. This is a stand-alone website that contains my complete family tree. It includes maps, downloadable source documents, photos and more. You can also download gedcom files, pdf printouts, and family listings. Information about living persons is shielded from public view, but I do grant password access to family members who want to see the full version of the site.