Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog

Cleaning out my mailbox so I can fill up yours! Valerie Beaudrault at the New England Historical and Genealogical Society's "Weekly...

There's something cruelly tempting about an inadequately labeled box of microfilm. I recently discovered that the admirable "City D...

There's a potato chip that used to have the slogan: "You Can't Eat Just One." The same should be true for genealogists che...

My spring talks are all in Ohio! There's plenty of time yet to register for these conferences, but beware: do not under any circumstance...

How do you tell apart two people from more than 200 years ago named Joseph Chaplin who both had parents Joseph and Sarah and who both marrie...

Quite a number of genealogists have written articles for Archives.com ; I enjoyed Claudia Breland's recent post on "Essential Recor...

The Newberry Library has Everywhere West: Preserving and Enhancing Access to the Records of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co...