Family Search Family Search is a family history website provide by the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS).  They have been online for a number of years and in the past I have used the information found only as a lead in the hunt for lost ancestors.  They have recently started a pilot program which [...]

      Information, documents, and photos on this site will always be free and available for all to use.  I have been so privileged to meet in person and correspond with many lost family members over the three years the Familytomb has been online.  Thanks to everyone who has shared everything from information to photos!           [...]

Wills The following wills have been added to the Wills section of the Town Square Forum:   George Tucker-1780 William McFatrich-1869 William Clay-1810 John Tyree-1839 Meredith Dillon Sr.-1857 John Cathey-1872 Squire Boone Sappington-1876 Samuel Lambeth-1860 Aaron Lambeth-1802 Eli FitzJerrell-1854 William FitzJerrell-1897   If you have others you would like to post, please sign-up as a [...]

Samuel Lambeth-Will   From the Townsquare part of this site,  under “Wills” you will now find the transcription of Samuel Lambeth (1773-1873).

I came across this article the other day and thought it useful, especially for those of us who maintain online genealogy databases. Copyright Fundamentals for Genealogy by Michael Patrick Goad This article is available for free distribution and reprint as a public service from the author. Please read conditions at the end of the article. [...]

Utah Death Certificates The Utah State Archives has death certificate images from 1904-1957 online.  Here is the link: Utah Death Certificates Make sure you hit the submit button.  If you press your computer’s enter key the search function will not work.

I found a link recently to some online death indexes.  Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records is a very thorough listing of many of the death certificates and listings for the U.S.  Some of the links I have been to before but many of these were new to me.  The index is a good one [...]

I found a link to Pikes Peak NewsFinder which contains citations to local news articles and obituaries from the Colorado Springs Gazette and other local newspapers. Wire stories (e.g. AP or Reuters), syndicated columns, editorials, letters to the editor, reviews, births, weddings and anniversaries are not indexed.  I did a search and found a link to [...]