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

• Searching for Death Records - A Brief Guide

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

• Las Vegas Marriage Records Online Database
• St. Louis Genealogy Records and Sources

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

• People Searching - Online Tools

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

• 20 Things That Make Genealogy Fun
• Live Long and Prosper - How Symbols Influence Pop Culture