Tracing Scottish Ancestry: Records, Resources, and Research Strategies
Whether you are just beginning your research or looking to break through a brick wall, this course will equip you with the tools and confidence to trace your Scottish heritage with clarity and purpose. Learn More
New 10 Million Names Databases
We are excited to announce three new 10 Million Names databases:
The United States: Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872
The United States: Freedman’s Bank Records, 1865-1874
The United States: Freedmen’s Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture and Apprenticeship Records, 1865-1872
Become a new member today and save $25. An American Ancestors membership offers access to billions of searchable names on our website, a subscription to American Ancestors magazine, discounts on books and research for hire, and more! Use codeSPRING26 at checkout. Sale ends on May 15. Join Today
The Weekly Genealogist Survey
This Week's Survey:
Ancestors Who Immigrated Without Their Family Members
Share your story! Each week in our Readers Respond column, we publish a selection of reader-submitted stories related to our most recent survey. Submissions must be 150 words or fewer and include your full name, city, and state. Published responses will be edited for clarity and length.
27%, Exclusionary/restrictive U.S. immigration policies
9%, Great Migration of African Americans to Northern cities
35%, Women’s suffrage
27%, Prohibition
58%, The Great Depression
48%, World War II
34%, Women in the workforce
6%, I am not interested in any of the above topics.
8%, I am interested in at least one topic about the first half of the twentieth century that is not listed above.
8%, I am not interested in any topics about the first half of the twentieth century.
Readers Respond
Kathleen Bilger, Livonia Michigan: I am interested in lectures on the role of women in the industrial revolution. I lived near the old mills in Lawrence and was fascinated by how mill work changed women’s lives by enabling them to earn income for themselves and their families. I would also like to see lectures on individual town histories. I am particularly interested in quirky Haverhill and in changing perceptions and demographics of Plymouth.
Jean Anderson, Burlington, Vermont: I would like to participate in a research tour to Nova Scotia, especially to Halifax and to Lunenburg, where my ancestors are from. This could be a lovely trip!
Meredith Hargreaves, Tuxedo Park, New York: In the 1920s, my great-grandfather in Detroit maintained machinery used to produce cars like the Ford Model A. Around the same time his work prospects were growing, other relatives were employed in declining industries, like whaling in the New Bedford area. I’d love to learn about how shifts in industries influenced where people lived, the jobs they held, and the decisions they made for their families.
The city of Brunswick, seat of Glynn County, is located in southeastern Georgia on the Atlantic coast. The burials database for Brunswick’s Oak Grove Cemetery can be found on the city’s website. The cemetery was established about 1838. Click the Oak Grove Records link to begin your search. The burials database is sorted alphabetically by surname and given name. The data fields are surname; given name; maiden name; birth; death and burial dates; sex, veteran status; age; grave location information; images; and notes. The images field may include a tombstone photo and/or an obituary. Search Now
Free Online Lecture, April 16
Declarations of Americanism: Jewish-American Displays of National Identity
In this talk, Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center Historian in Residence Madeline DeDe-Panken considers why Jews leaned into American iconography throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, and how such displays shaped Jewish life in America.
As a family historian, you know that wills are important in your research—but have you created a will for yourself? Free Will, an easy and free online will creation tool, will guide you step-by-step through identifying beneficiaries for your assets, supporting the causes that are important to you, and planning for the preservation of your research. Learn More
