Big NewsFeaturedPolishZalewski Zalewski Brick Wall. Status: Crumbling One of the most solid, longest standing brick walls in my personal genealogy research has come down this…April 6, 2017
FeaturedHistoryTechnologyTips & Tricks Looking for Genealogy on Netflix? NOTE: This post was originally from 2011. I have since updated it as of April 2017. Some of the previous…April 1, 2017
FeaturedPersonal Thoughts on Being Without Grandparents With the death of my maternal grandfather this week, I hit one of those sad life milestones. I…November 3, 2015
FeaturedZalewski Zalewski Surname Group I'm not entirely sure why I waited so long to start up a Facebook group for the "Zalewski"…October 30, 2014
FeaturedTechnology Moving Pictures I am slowly entering the realm of using video for genealogy. I literally just started my genealogy YouTube…April 22, 2014
FeaturedPersonal Remembering Grandpa Today marks 15 years since my paternal grandfather, Richard Zalewski, passed away. His death was the first major…April 18, 2014
FeaturedTechnologyTips & Tricks RootsTech Videos on Your Smartphone I'm looking forward to watching all of the available RootsTech videos from this year's conference, but the only…February 11, 2014
Family TreeFeaturedThielke Five Generations of Photos Achievement unlocked! With a small collection of photos that my mom gave me to look through and scan…November 25, 2013
FeaturedMilitaryThielke Grandpa in World War II Over the last few months I've put together a lot more information about what my grandfather did in…November 17, 2013
FeaturedGermanPolishTips & Tricks How to Search Germany, Prussia, Pomerania Church Records FamilySearch has a boatload of church records scanned and available online for Germany, Prussia, and Pomerania from 1544-1945, though…February 27, 2013
EthnicityFeaturedGenetic GenealogyPersonal Ancestry Composition I received an email the other day from 23andMe letting me know about their new "Ancestry Composition" tool.…January 23, 2013
