Fascinated with family history? Now's a great time to jump into genealogy, and this book makes it easy. What used to require endless shuffling (and sneezing) through dusty courthouse records can now often be done with your mouse, and you can share information with others who are researching related families. You'll discover how to lay out a plan for your research, access international records, research ethnic ancestry, verify what you find, and protect...

The diaries, containing nearly daily entries, commenced on February 23, 1889, in Miner's Delight, Wyoming Territory. They chronicle early married life in Miner's Delight, traveling from Miner's Delight to Chehalis, Washington Territory, by horse and wagon following the Oregon Trail much of the way, and later traveling by the same means from Tacoma, Washington, to Baker City, Oregon. The Dillabaugh family lived in Baker City from 1892 to 1915, and...

"This compilation is an attempt to identify and recreate the Revolutionary War pension files generated prior to the disastrous conflagration in the War Department on 8 November 1800, which destroyed nearly a quarter of a century of records. Despite the best efforts of the War and Treasury Departments to reconstruct the files and to prevent any future such tragedies, a second and even more disastrous fire occurred during the War of 1812 on 24 August...