Who Are All These People?

Who Are All These People?

Identifying the folks in old photographs can be challenging, and I'm sure we're not alone in having boxes of photos of unknown people and places. For genealogists everywhere, it's an…
A Message of Resilience

A Message of Resilience

You know those people in your life who seem to never stop moving? They accomplish so much and it's hard to understand how they find the time to do everything.…
Our Local Roots

Our Local Roots

Part of our mission is to support genealogical research, and that's why we are happy to announce that the Pipes Family Foundation is now a patron of the St. Louis…
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Supporting the Revolution

When Congress passed the Pension Act of 1832, for veterans of the Revolutionary War, they could not have known what a boon it would become to future genealogists. The narratives…
Finding Your Path

Finding Your Path

We have an ancestor named Jesse Lee Hickman (father of Pleasant Hickman) who was a Baptist minister. But he didn't start out that way. Based on an account of his…