You “know” where your ancestors are buried. Someone told you, it was in the obituary, you found it on the death certificate, someone posted it online, or it was on a tree in Ancestry.com.  So why would you want to visit? What more can you learn? Is a picture good enough?  When you find information in the cemetery, do you know how to interpret it?

 

Bio: Since 2010, Diana has written online courses on a variety of topics including Land Records, Civil War Pension Records, Military Records, Death Records, RootsMagic, and Danish and Scandinavian Research. She currently has two courses at Lisa Alzo’s ResearchWriteConnect Academy: Using City Directories and Vital Events 101.
 
Diana has written for numerous genealogical publications, including regular columns in the National Genealogical Society (NGS) News Magazine and the Association of Professional Genealogists’ APG Quarterly, as well as contributions to a wide range of local and national periodicals.
 

 

 

Playing detective in court records can unmask those black sheep every family has – and it’s fun! Learn to understand the criminal process in both federal and state courts and how to find the records to put meat on the bones of the skeletons in your family’s closet.