Was your Ancestor’s WWI/WWII/Korean War Military Records Really Lost in the 1973 National Archives Fire?
“The National Archives said my veteran’s military records were lost in the 1973 Fire” is a common refrain we’ve heard from clients
Author: Deidre Erin
Civil War Pensions – Part 2
(This is Part 2 of the Civil War Pensions blog post. Part 1 appears on the A Week of Genealogy Blog) 2.
D-Day Through The Eyes Of The 506th Parachute Infantry: “Everything Was F____d Up”
Today is the 75th anniversary of D-Day (the Allied invasion of Normandy) and Twisted Twigs would like to share the units histories
Happy New Years! Time to Tally Up Your Family Tree for 2019
New Years is an excellent time to tally up your family tree for 2019. The goal of this exercise is to calculate
Welcome to the 135th Infantry Regiment Booklet (WWII)
Last Call for Twisted Twigs’ 50 Pages Guaranteed WWI/WWII/Korean War Official Military Personnel File Mini Reconstruction (Click photo below to learn more)
The Case Of Oops! Mr. Williams: Pre-1917 Pension Gold!
We place stacks of record requests every day at NARA facilities, so it’s no surprise that sometimes we get an ‘Oops!’ file.
Happy New Years! Time to Tally Up Your Family Tree for 2017
New Years is an excellent time to tally up your family tree for 2017. The goal of this exercise is to calculate
Genealogy Pin-ups: BMD
Besides census records, a genealogist’s bread and butter will be Birth, Marriage, and Death records (commonly referred to as the BMD). Created
Expanding Your Horizons (I See More Genea-cations In Your Future!)
No matter the hobby or occupation, eventually we all suffer from tunnel vision; genealogists are no exception. We get used to our
Genetic Testing for Genealogy Uses
You can’t throw a stone without hitting a genealogist who is using DNA testing to further their research (trust me, I’ve tried).