Ancestor Investigations Genealogy Blog

Hello, and welcome to Ancestor Investigations! I am your personal genealogy consultant. As professional genealogist with 18 years of experience researching family histories and lineages, I assist clients with locating long lost living relatives, preparing papers for joining lineage societies, planning family reunions, locating birth families and adopted children, locating heirs to unclaimed estates, and helping people write and edit their family histories and biographies.

I am a member of the following genealogical organizations:

•Florida State Genealogical Society (where I serve on the board)
•Essex Society of Genealogists
•Daughters of the American Revolution
•National Genealogical Society
•New England Historic and Genealogical Society
•International Society of Family History Writers and Editors

My areas of specialization include New England, Southern, and Irish genealogy research, finding living relatives and long-lost friends, and preparing paperwork for induction into lineage societies. I also work heavily with clients in writing, editing, and preparing their family histories in manuscript form.

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Today’s Genealogy Tip

Today’s Genealogy Tip—If your ancestor applied for a pension based on his military service, you can find all kinds of detailed personal information in the files. It’s not uncommon for relatives, or the ancestor himself, to write letters explaining personal circumstances that make a pension necessary. These letters, when they exist, are included in the pension file.

You can find military pension files in a variety of places online. Footnote.com is a good source, as is Ancestry.com. You can also order full copies of pension records from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

Posted on November 24, 2010

Ancestor Investigations Genealogy Blog

Today’s Genealogy Tip