Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog

Thanks to ResearchBuzz for pointing out a very interesting subset of genealogically valuable material within the historical gold mine that ...

The winter issue of Ohio Genealogy News contains good news for researchers (as well as a full program for the 22-24 April OGS conference i...

James P. LaLone gave would-be Michigan researchers a nice present with his list of books relevant to the state . The list is on GenealogyWis...

The 1892 New York State census, one of the most useful tools not yet fully indexed on line, for Delaware County is microfilmed in two volume...

"Machinists and blacksmiths in Lafayette were paid about $1.50 a day in 1850, $2.00 in 1860, and $3.00 by 1865. By 1870 their pay had f...

What institutions affected poor children the most in the 1800s and early 1900s? Churches? Check. Public schools? Check. And number three? Ac...

Note to northwest Indiana researchers: before you spring for $5.50 to borrow a film from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, check...