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14 Unusual Records for Finding Female Ancestors

By Courtney Henderson Premium

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Finding it difficult to uncover your female ancestors in typical genealogy records? There’s good reason you struggle to add women to your family tree: In the past, a woman’s legal status became feme covert (literally a “covered woman”) upon marriage. She not only gave up her name, but her rights as well. As her identity View Website VIP Subscription

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