The Zen Genealogist

An important issue, a human issue, skillfully addressed by our favorite Legal Genealogist. Thank you, Judy.

Now more than ever A waiting period, please... It absolutely breaks The Legal Genealogist's heart. Of all the aspects of this bitter pandemic, the one that hurts the most is the inability to properly grieve those we are losing. We cannot be with them at the end to hold their hands as they slip away. We can

Courting and marriage in early Illinois Speaking to the 1873 meeting of the Old Settlers of Sangamon County, former Gov. John Palmer remembered the process of courting and marriage when he arrived in Illinois in the 1830s. From the 1881 …

When one of our staff encountered an unfamiliar name in a document, she was intrigued and started doing some detective work. She describes the process, along with what she did and didn't discover, on our blog: http://ow.ly/SRBW50CqDKy

Do you have Viking ancestry? This field of research is evolving rapidly and is fascinating!

Vikings may not be who we thought they were, DNA study finds Researchers have found something unexpected in the ancestry of ancient Vikings.