Recent Casefile Clues Topics
In response to our Cyber-Monday discount ($12 for a year of weekly issues), I've listed topics from recent issues of Casefile Clues. Subscribers will receive issues 11-18 complimentary with their subscription which will begin with issue 19.Recent issues of Casefile Clues have included:11- "The Homestead Application of the Heirs of Rolf Habben"This column discussed the homestead claim of the deceased claimant's heirs. Included is a discussion what types of records are typically in a homestead file, why the copies look so strange, and what other documents

Cyber Monday Sale Wraps up today
Our Cyber-Monday sale on Casefile Clues wraps up today at midnight!Response has been good and there is still time to subscribe to my weekly how-to genealogy newsletter at the discounted rate of $12 a year. Readers who would like to give Casefile Clues as a gift can do so by including that information (name, email) in the instructions section of the payment page.There are several interesting things coming up in Casefile Clues, including discussion and analysis of new information in sever

US IRS Tax Assessment Lists at Ancestry.com
I've been using the U. S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists at Ancestry.com lately, hoping to use the experience as the basis for a Casefile Clues article. That is going to have to wait however as I don't think the database is all that easy to use.To make effective use of this database, one has to use the guides to learn the district number for the desired part of the state one needs. This can be found using the microfilm guide compiled by NARA for the state in question. Searchers cannot simply search based by county.I wrote an article on using the lists a year ago for the Ancestry.com blog: http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?

My wife's ancestors in 1940
In the spirit of an earlier post, I'm speculating on where various ancestors of my wife were enumerated in the 1940 census. My wife's:Father-can't enumerate he who is not yet born.Mother-with her parents, probably in Marcelline, Linn County, Missouri.Wilbur and Grace (Mortier) Johnson [paternal grandparents]--city of Rock Island, Illinois.Ola and Anna (Apgar) Lake [maternal grandparents]--Marcelline, Linn County, Missouri.Joseph and Eva (Trask) Johnson [great-grandparents] --city of Rock Island, Illinois (probably)Henry and Caroline (Freund) Mortier [great-grandparents]--city of Rock Island, IllinoisMarie (Desmarais)

Black Monday Sale On Casefile Clues
From now until 11:59 on 30 November, we're offering a year of Casefile Clues for $12. That's a $1 a month, only 25 cents per issue. There is more information on the Casefile Clues website.