Elyse's Genealogy Blog

May is going to be a crazy-awesome month for me. On May 2 at 2 p.m., I will be speaking at the Immigrant Genealogy Society in Burbank, California.  The talk will be “How To Use Social Networking for Genealogy”.  All are welcome to attend. Immigrant Genealogy Society:  1310B Magnolia Blvd  Burbank, CA 91510 On May [...]

Following in the footsteps of Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings, I’ve decided to do Surname Saturday posts in the order of the Ahnentafel numbering system.  Today I am starting with #1 – myself.  Here is my Doerflinger ancestry starting with myself and working my way back. 1. Elyse Doerflinger 2. Thomas Dugger 3. Sharon Doerflinger (1959-2010) [...]

With the weather warming up, many family historians are planning their research trips to libraries, conferences, or their ancestral homeland.  It is very exciting to get out into the “field” and explore genealogy in a hands on way but it is also important to do a little preparation to make the trip efficient and fun.  Below [...]

It can get very frustrating when you’ve collected lots of source documents on your ancestor but you still haven’t found what you wanted.  You’ve done everything right and still can’t find the piece of the puzzle that you want.  What do you do now? Cluster Research: Researching the siblings, children, parents, cousins, and neighbors of [...]