Monthly Archive:: January 2023

31 Jan 2023
Featured Image: The first Ahnentafel, published by Michaël Eytzinger in : Thesaurus principum hac aetate in Europa viventium, Cologne (Germany) : 1590, pp. 146-147, in which Eytzinger first illustrates his new method of numeration of ancestors; this schema showing king Henry III of France as Number 1 with his ancestors in five generations.

Decoding the Numbers: Genealogical Numbering Systems

By Katharine Korte Andrew On 31 January 2023 In NGS Monthly
If you have read a genealogy publication or explored popular family tree software, you have likely seen numbers assigned to individuals in family trees. What do these numbers mean? Why are there so many different numbering systems?
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31 Jan 2023
Katharine Korte Andrew, Photograph of Hinsdale Historical Society's Archives, Hinsdale, Illinois, January 2023.

Not Everything is Online: How to Research in Archives

By Katharine Korte Andrew On 31 January 2023 In NGS Monthly
As more documents and records are digitized, genealogists often stick to the online, easy-to-access record sets. However, even in the age of digital information, not everything we need or want as genealogists is digitized. So, let’s get
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