Rootstech 2022 occurred live March 3-5, 2022. For the second year, it was 100% virtual, offering presentations from all around the globe in multiple languages.

For many years, we never knew why the Palmers, a cluster of my wife Patti’s ancestors on her mother’s side, uprooted from their farms in Alabama between 1880 and 1900, and moved to Texas.

When I first became interested in genealogy, my grandmother, Betty Ross Crook, steered me to research at FamilySearch.org.

The advent of databases like 23andMe and Ancestry.com has produced a revolution in genealogical tracing, allowing people to look into their family histories with remarkable ease.

It is probable that many Americans who consider themselves Irish are unaware that their immigrant ancestors from that island did not.

My mother bought two antique photo albums at the Canton, Texas flea market around 1986.

I submitted my DNA to My Heritage in 2017. The results revealed I am mostly Northern/Western European with 10.3 percent Scandinavian.

This document is the 1887-88 women’s college transcript of my 2nd great-grandfather John Johnston’s daughter, Alice.

My father was quietly proud of his military service. He retired from the US Army in 1960 as a Master Sergeant, which was the highest possible non-commissioned officer rank available.