Need Ideas for Researching Female Ancestors?

I'm proud to announce that Tracing Your Female Ancestors, a special issue of Internet Genealogy Magazine  is now available!

I wrote these articles to help researchers explore  new ideas for researching their female ancestors. Researching women is different and these unique sources, including websites and brick and mortar repositories, provide family historians with new ways to approach their research. An added plus is an article by Maureen Taylor on researching women in photographs.



Articles include:

Finding Your Pre-1850 Female Ancestor

25 Online Sources

Women's Clubs

Tracing Your African American Female Ancestors

Jane S. Chatham Case Study

Women & Divorce

Women's Work

Secret Lives of Women

Manuscript Collections

University Library Sources

Women in Photos (by Maureen Taylor)

Women and the Vote

Women in the Civil War

Grandma Was An Alien?

Writing Their Story

This issue is available from booksellers or can be ordered online from Internet Genealogy's bookstore. (Also available as a PDF from Internet Genealogy)

Have You Seen These Posts?

I have the honor of being able to write posts that show up in other places besides my blogs. Here are some posts I did for 2012 for the GenealogyBank blog:

How to Find Your Ancestor's Divorce Records in Newspapers

Women During World War II: Knitting and Sewing on the Home Front

Newspaper Recipe Contests: Was Your Ancestor a Contest Winner?

Ephemera: A Surprisingly Fertile Genealogical Resource

The 1876 Centennial Exhibition Celebrated 100 Years of American Freedom

The Polygamist's Wife: The Story of my Favorite Ancestor Mary Ann


You can read my other posts on the GenealogyBank blog by searching the archives.