If you’ve been doing genealogy research for any length of time, you have reached a point where you say to yourself, “Something ain’t...

Recently, we had a client who’s 90+ year old mother had recently passed. She wanted to scatter her moms ashes with her mother’s sister....

Until I started doing genealogy work, I had no idea what people meant by 2nd cousin once removed or twice removed. I’m thinking, removed?...

When doing genealogical research, death certificates generally reflect the parents that raised the child. At times, people use the death...

After talking briefly about free people of color in our last blog, I wanted to also touch on the topic of black slave owners. In my own...

You may have seen these 2 terms listed when doing genealogy research. What do these terms mean? Well I want to give you a few key points...

Why doesn’t my DNA test show my Native American heritage? Almost every black person I know has been told that they have Cherokee in them,...

As promised, this week, we are talking about endogamy. You have probably never heard the term before. Basically it means that marrying...

Now that you’ve taken the DNA test and you’re waiting to get your results. If you haven’t done so already take this time to broaden your...

During Thanksgiving and Christmas all of the major DNA testing companies run a sale on their test kits. You’ve probably looked at them...

We conclude our life cycle series with the documented conclusion of life, death certificates. Death certificates are fairly similar from...

This is the second installment of our lifecycle series. We started with birth records, now we are moving into marriage documents. The...

New researchers often assume they should start at what seems to be the beginning, birth. While this may seem like a logical approach to...

We have reached the conclusion of our series on using the census for genealogy research. We will conclude with acknowledging 3 unique...

Last week, we discussed the inconsistencies often found in census records. Today, we continue our census series with a discussion on the...

Last week we started our census series. We covered the basics, but now let’s talk about some of the inconsistencies we find. I have...

In our last blog, we gave you some tips for using Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. This week, we begin our series on the U.S. federal...

Last week, we talked about the basics of starting a family tree. Now that you know the basics, what comes next? If you choose to push...

Last week, we didn’t do a blog because we introduced our first vlog! But now we’re back. The heart of what we do at Tangled adopts...