Genealogical Library

Case Studies/Human Interest

Are you a fan of Flat Stanley? Then you'll want to see him explore his roots!

March 1, 2007 - Ancestry Magazine article - "She Had Me at Junkyard"
January/February 2008 - Ancestry Magazine article (digital version) - "When Bibles Go Camping"
December 3, 2007 - Ancestry Magazine article - "Freeing the Freeman Bible"
November/December 2007 - Ancestry Magazine article (digital version) - "Travelin' Man"
November 11, 2007 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Honoring Our Ancestors: Haley Family of Roots Fame Joins the DNA Game"
October 18, 2007 - NPR, Day to Day - Maybe Politicians are Cut from the Same Cloth
August 18, 2007 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "So That's What He Looked Like!"
August 2, 2007 - Ancestry Magazine article - "Serial Centenarians"
June 14, 2007 - listen to The Genealogy Guys Podcast - Drew Smith talks to Megan about Roots Television.
February 4, 2007 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Feeling Bookish"
January 5, 2007 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Tombstone Imagery"
December 27, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "The Book Quest Continues"
December 3, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "How Do We Stop This Epidemic?"
August 20, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Using Ancestry.com: SSDI Blues"
July 30, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Genealogical Books in Disguise"
July 13, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Genealogical Cozies"
May 21, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Get Out Your POW Bracelet"
May 10, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "Curl Up with a Genealogical Mystery"
May 4, 2006 - Ancestry Weekly Journal article - "More Unsung Heroes"
February 28, 2006 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Happy Birthday, Ben!"
February 16, 2006 - Ancestry Daily News article - "More Genealogical Quotes"
January 26, 2006 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Say What?!"
January 19, 2006 - Ancestry Daily News article - "This Is For You, Mrs. Berkowitz"
January 3, 2006 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Unsung Genealogical Heroes"
November 21, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Let Your Fingers Do the Shopping"
November 11, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Where's Parmo?"
October 13, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Flat Stanley Does His Roots"
October 6, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Mystery of Cipriano Pedrini"
September 13, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Name Dropping"
September 1, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "A DNA Success Story"
August 18, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Flirting with Death"
August 2, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "A Coronery Case"
July 7, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Ancestral Art"
June 26, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Still More Extreme Genealogy"
June 9, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "More Extreme Genealogy"
May 25, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Memorial Day is Every Day"
May 12, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Why We Search"
March 17, 2005 - Ancestry Daily News article - "What's In a Name?"
December 14, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Survey to Examine Genealogists' Internet Habits"
November 11, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Tanks for the Memories"
September 23, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "DNA Holiday"
August 2004 - Family Chronicle article - "Finding Homes for Orphan Heirlooms"
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August 2004 - Family Tree article - "Large and In Charge"
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June 2004 - Family Chronicle article - "Getting the Most From Your Genealogy Trips to Europe"
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May 27, 2004 - Washington Post article - "Fallen but Never Forgotten by Matt Schudel" - article about one of my Army Repatriation cases.
April-June 2004 - Genealogical Computing article - "Steve Morse: A Genealogical Mensch"
March 17, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Luck of the Irish"
February 11, 2004 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Finding a Soldier's Family"
December 22, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "From Ellen to Eileen"
December 11, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "If You're a Wee Bit Irish"
September/October 2003 - Ancestry article - "Who Is the Genealogist Next Door?"
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September/October 2003 - Heritage Quest article - "Answers in the Cemetery: James Reynolds of Jersey City, NJ"
November 10, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "All I Want for Christmas..."
October 7, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "Hurricanes Happen..."
August 22, 2003 - listen to NPR's Marketplace feature - "The Lucrative Business of Genealogy"
July/August 2003 - Heritage Quest article - "Finding Great-Grandma in San Quentin"
July 22, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "A Stoop on Orchard Street"
April 29, 2003 - Ancestry Daily News article - "The Zen of Genealogy"
February 28, 2003 - Ancestry Daily Newsarticle - "Musical Roots"
January 8, 2003 - They Came to America - PBS Special and companion guidebook
January 2, 2003- Ancestry Daily News article - "PBS Special on 8 January 2003: They Came To America"
May/June 2002 - Heritage Quest article - "Maurice Reidy: Little Boy Lost"
January/February 2002 - Heritage Quest article - "Morality on Trial"