Highlights from the Genealogy Roots Blog
Military Records
- Civil War Pension & Service Records - How to Order Them
- World War II Army Enlistment Records Database
Vital Records
Ellis Island, Passenger Lists and Ships
- Ellis Island? Castle Garden? Which One? And When?
- Ports, Immigrants, and Passenger Records
- Annie Moore - Ellis Island's First Immigrant
- Last American Survivor of the Titanic Dies
Genealogy Book Reviews
- The Official Guides to Rootsweb and Ancestry
- The Source - A Guidebook to American Genealogy
- Finding Your Father's War - A Practical Guide to Researching and Understanding Service in the World War II US Army
- Stories in Stone - A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography
Big City Genealogy
German Genealogy
- Tips for Finding Your German Immigrant Ancestor's Hometown in Germany
- Tips for Finding German Genealogy Records for Your German-American Ancestor
Finding People
Famous Family Trees
- Bob Marley's Tangled Roots
- Gregory Peck in the Social Security Death Index and his SS-5 Form
- Sound of Music Genealogy: Maria von Trapp in the Social Security Death Index
Fun Stuff