Cherry Tree Genealogy

10/02/2026

Newspapers.com is offering free access through Monday! Whether you've never checked it out before, or know all about it but don't want to pay for a subscription, now is the time to search for your people. I truly love doing newspaper research - the stories and announcements that made it to the paper give us a peek into the lives our ancestors led, and makes them feel real and relatable in a way that data collections just can't even approximate.
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09/21/2026

The last few months have been a whirlwind of hunting down people's ancestors from all over the world - North Carolina, the Finger Lakes of New York, the 19th century midwestern frontier, not to mention Bolivia, Italy, Ecuador, and Canada too. My clients truly have some of the most interesting families!

07/02/2026

I know I've got some family members with different variations of our last name - how about you?? 😁

06/27/2026

We are *1* week away from the 250th anniversary of the USA, and Fold3 is making their Revolutionary War collection FREE until July 6! If you have ancestors (or genealogical research subjects 😉) who lived in North America at the time, this is a terrific opportunity to check out some primary records without paying for a subscription.

05/04/2026

What a cool lecture topic! Off to find out where I can get my hands on her book...

04/25/2026

Happy DNA day! Have you ever had a family tree breakthrough thanks to DNA? I sure have! It wasn't so long ago that using a DNA test to trace your ancestry seemed like science fiction. In the genealogy world, I remember when the earliest adopters of genetic genealogy were in special interest groups because learning how to use DNA wasn't yet considered something every genealogist needed to know. In the years since, DNA research has more than proven its worth when used alongside documentary evidence, helping us to identify our ancestors, prove (or disprove!) relationships, learn more about the parts of the world our forbears lived in, and connect with living relatives.🧬

04/17/2026

This post made me laugh - one of my lectures even addresses the urban legend that immigrants' last names were changed at Ellis Island. The place where so many people first set foot on U.S. soil certainly deserves recognition!

Today is National Ellis Island Family History Day where they processed the most people ever in one day - 11, 747 people in 1907.

And not a single one of them had their name changed against their will! Not one!

Cue the angry and uninformed comments in 3....2....1....😁

03/06/2026

It's RootsTech time! There's no other genealogy conference quite like it. No matter how long I've been researching, there are always new techniques and technologies to learn about and Day 1 has been full of terrific information!

02/14/2026

Happy Valentine's Day - I can't think of a better time to review some marriage records! 💕

02/10/2026

I was honored to be the featured speaker for the Temecula Valley Genealogical Society monthly meeting tonight! My next few talks will be in-person events, but I do appreciate the way Zoom and other technologies help us connect even from across the country.

Temecula Valley Genealogical Society