How to Search the Social Security Death Index…
The Social Security Death Index, commonly referred to as the SSDI, is a database containing the names and dates of birth and death for over 77 million Americans. This massive database is a wonderful resource for genealogists, and is available in many online locations...
Looking for Someone From Your Past?
Are you looking for someone? A former classmate? Old friend? Military buddy? Birth parent? Lost relative? If so, then you're not alone. Thousands of people head online every day in search of details on missing people. And more and more of these people are finding...
Types of Marriage Records for Family History
Records of Intentions to Marry Marriage Banns — Banns, sometimes spelled bans, were public notice of an intended marriage between two specified persons on a particular date. Banns began as a church custom, later proscribed by English common law, that required the...
Tips for Taking Great Cemetery Pictures
Pictures are a wonderful way to document , from scenic views of the cemetery, to inscriptions of individual tombstones. It isn't always as easy as it seems, however, to achieve sharp, clear photographs of stones that may be centuries old. That old stone may be easy...
Staveness Family
So why the Staveness Family you ask, well this was not built for Lady Kathleen, but in fact Lady Kathleen's children, Rebecca and Jon. This is their fathers line. Thanks to their Great Uncle Henry, this line goes back a ways and includes a lot of...
Uncover the Meaning of Your French Surname
Coming from the medieval French word 'surnom' translating as "above-or-over name," surnames or descriptive names trace their use in France back to 11th century, when it first became necessary to add a second name to distinguish between individuals with the same given...
Proof
Building your family tree is like building a house, brick by brick. The bricks are your ancestors, their names, life events and details. But the mortar that holds the bricks together is absolutely essential, if that house is going to stand up. What is the...
New Researcher – Veatch Veach Branch
I would like to welcome Tracy Anderson and her daughter Shannon as researchers within the Enchanted Family Genealogy Website. Tracy has added to the Veatch Veach Veitch Branch which links to England, Scottland and European Nobility. The Veitch (Veatch)...
How Am I Related? Cousin Relationships Explained
If someone walked up to you and said "Hi, I'm your third cousin, once removed," would you know what they meant? Most of us don't think about our relationships in such exact terms ("cousin" seems good enough), so many of us aren't very familiar with what these words...
How to Get Safely Remove Photos from Old…
Many of us are in possession of one or more magnetic photo albums. These albums, which first achieved popularity in the 1960s and 70s, were made from a thick paper stock coated with glue strips and included a thick Mylar plastic covering for each page. Conservators...