Family history research often touches on many different subjects, from military service and immigration to land records and probate files. This page organizes posts on The Tumbleweed by topic so readers can easily explore research methods, historical context, and ancestor stories.

• American History (21)
• Ancestor Profile (95)
• Crime (4)
• French Canadian Immigration (22)
  • dit naming (1)
  • Fille a Marier (9)
  • Filles du Roi (10)
  • Grande Recrue of 1653 (1)
  • King's Daughters (5)
  • Marriageable women (2)
• Military Service (22)
  • Civil War (5)
  • Revolutionary War (16)
    • Battle of Monmouth (1)
    • Continental Line (1)
    • General Washington's body guard (1)
    • Mis-attributed service (1)
    • Siege of Yorktown (1)
    • Surrender of Corwallis (1)
  • War of 1812 (1)
• namesake (1)
• Records (13)
  • Adoption (1)
  • Census (2)
  • Church records (1)
  • Land records (4)
  • Probate (4)
• Religion (3)
  • Catholic (1)
  • Epicopalian (1)
• Research Topics (18)
  • Brick Wall (7)
  • Critical Thinking (9)
  • DNA (4)
  • genetic genealogy (1)