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Antietam Church Cemetery, Waynesboro, Franklin, Pennsylvania showing the Harbaugh family burials with spaces for graves missing stones; photo by Lori Samuelson 22 June 2026.Some discoveries are made by finding something. Others are made by noticing what is missing.

Genealogists spend much of their time searching for things that have been lost. Missing records. Forgotten stories. Unmarked graves. Destroyed courthouses. Faded photographs.

Ironically, photo of NARA Chicago from the National Archives. On 23 June 2026, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) announced plans to close two of its regional archive, Chicago and San Francisco, within the next three years. According to the announcement,

Graceham Moravian Church, 8231 Rocky Ridge Road, Graceham, MD; photo by Lori Samuelson 16 June 2026. Genealogists spend a great deal of time looking for people who do not want to be found. Sometimes they changed their names. Sometimes records were destroyed.

Available at Genealogical.comDavid Dobson has built a well-earned reputation over many years for locating and compiling records relating to Scottish families, migration, military service, and settlement throughout the Atlantic world. Three of his latest publications continue that tradition, each serving as a specialized reference tool for genealogists researching Scottish ancest...