My fascination with DNA began when I took my first DNA test as a participant in the National Geographic Human Genome Project in 2005.
Have you ever noticed a historical marker and wondered more about the person named in it? Or wondered how a local landmark or local school got its name?
The political leanings and beliefs of our ancestors can be interesting to study – and perhaps unexpectedly so.
In 2011, I joined 3000 others in Salt Lake City for the first RootsTech conference.
Genealogy can be approached in a variety of ways. Some seek to identify as many of their fore-bears as possible.
A detailed tutorial on borrowing books online using the Internet Archive, WorldCat, and the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
A fun and informative tool on the Texas General Land Office website is the Texas Hidden History map viewer.
DGS usually holds its annual awards meeting and holiday lunch on the second weekend of December in competition with the Dallas Marathon. The DGS Board had already decided to reschedule…
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It’s the season for gift-giving, and what better way to celebrate than giving your friends and family a genealogy gift?
The National Park Service (NPS) website to the Palo Alto Battlefield reveals links to the U.S.–Mexican War. The National Historic Park is located in Brownsville, Texas.
