Apr 13, 2026

Are you looking for some productive genealogy projects to do in April? As the first full month of spring, April offers some interesting and unique genealogy opportunities that just don’t fit in as well during other months of the year. If you want to stay on top of things in your genealogy research, these projects...

Apr 9, 2026

Last month was one of those good, steady months in family history where I didn’t uncover some huge surprise, but I still got a lot done. I didn’t add a long line of new names just to make the tree bigger. I didn’t solve every question that’s been sitting there waiting on me, either. But I did make real progress,...

Apr 6, 2026

The founding of the United States is often treated as a closed chapter, something contained in a handful of documents, a few familiar names, and a short list of dates that everyone is expected to know. That version is easy to recognize, but it is much smaller than the real story. The founding did not stop when the...

Apr 5, 2026

Easter is on a different date each year. It can get confusing. How do you keep up with a holiday whose date is constantly changing? It can be especially confusing if you have a calendar that doesn’t list holidays and other important dates. So, how can you determine when Easter will be each year, and why does the...

Apr 4, 2026

In the years surrounding 1776, the American colonies were not shaped by a single voice or a single source of information. There was no unified message that reached everyone at once, and no system that delivered events in real time. Instead, understanding developed gradually, built from what people read, what they...