Tillie Klimek, the Greatest Psychic Murderer to Have Ever Lived
Be the change you want to see in the world. Establishing credibility can be so difficult for a psychic. They need to trick you into...
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Reading Our Roots
Tips on researching, historical events that inform our work, and the stories we can't stop telling.
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Oct 119 min read
Sharon vs. Sharon vs. Terry vs. Sorcery
We sincerely hope you're ready for a story that involves an eccentric heiress, robber barons, sorcery ( that's right, we said "sorcery"...
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Oct 45 min read
A Grave Misunderstanding
For many World War II veterans, coming back home was quite an adjustment.
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Sep 137 min read
You Don't Want to Live in: 1930s Pittsburgh
If time travel existed, we'd all have a long list of exciting times and places to visit: Gladiators battling in the colosseum, France on...
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Mar 284 min read
Age ain't nothin' but a kind of important number
Do you know how old you are? You probably do. On account of it's 2024, and you've been putting your age and date of birth on documents...
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Feb 155 min read
Bulley John Lowery Won't Get Away
Unlike our friend Bulley John, these guys have been training up for a wooded crime scene evacuation-type scenario. There are few things...
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Jan 43 min read
FamilySearch: 16 billion records, just waiting to be found
Whether or not you're already a regular user of FamilySearch, you may not realize the incredible volume of genealogical records they have...
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Sep 29, 20233 min read
The Boys Are Back in Town: Thin Lizzie (Borden) Rides Again
Here's an image. Look at it. Start at the top line and don't skip to the end. It's causes of death, by the way. And to save you a Google,...
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Apr 5, 20234 min read
Like stealing a baby out of a tent
If you think for one second that this story doesn't involve someone claiming their secretly Native American great-granddaddy done got...
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Mar 23, 20233 min read
Learn how to swim
One of the best things about doing historical family research is that you tend to encounter some truly intriguing characters. Long-gone...
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