the best tool that I use to break down those brick walls comes from my newspaper archive subscriptions.
Online Research
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Written by Karen Zach I know everyone in the world doing a genealogical blog has probably thought of this as a topic, but I’m […]
This pay as you go method is perfect for genealogy. You only purchase one chunk of research at a time and can stop at any time.
Finding the right genealogy forms can sometimes be a frustrating process. It can mean sifting through website after website searching for the one you […]
Written by Karen Zach Brick wall. Never heard of one. Oh, wait what am I saying? I’ve had a few but be aware they […]
The 2019 United States list This is a great resource once you feel you have exhausted the big online directories and need a few […]
Going over your Genealogy Again. Once an ancestor has been researched, it can be difficult to know how often should we go back and […]
Written by: Gael Gilliland, Founder of The Legacy Recorder. The genealogy journey can be lonely and desolate. Sifting through dusty documents and clicking on hundreds […]
I have an ancestor by the name of Sam Hopkins who has stumped many generations in the family. Samuel Hopkins Born 1827 in Indiana Living […]
Review: 35mm Film to Digital Conversion Do you have piles of these vintage slides stored in a box? Here is a great solution to having […]
Research Recap An effective search strategy for people living after 1940. It could be used to find long lost relatives or finding those elusive obituaries. In Google, […]
To get started finding genealogy on Facebook, please read the article below by guest contributor, Eric Orheim. Thanks, Eric! Facebook can be a wonderful […]
Sometimes, it’s hard to know ‘how to’ begin with searching online when we are talking about the vast resource at our fingertips: the internet. […]
These are specific sites that you can enter the last name and get actual instant results. I love these choices because they have large amounts of information, yet don't require an email or login to participate.
In the last 50 years or so, people have been fairly particular about spelling. There are a right and a wrong way to spell […]
Where to begin… To get started searching for your ancestry, there are a few pieces of information that can help you get started. The […]
You don’t know Google: PART 2 Examine the information before clicking on the blue link. Line 1: Blue text. This is the title of […]
Most people on the internet know how to conduct a Google search. Google is that giant search engine that searches the entire content of […]
If you are new to researching genealogy online, as I am sure you have discovered there are very different methods for gathering information than […]