ancestry
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the best tool that I use to break down those brick walls comes from my newspaper archive subscriptions.
When we were leaving, he noted very quietly, “Next time, either bring good pie or no pie -not that fake stuff!” There never was a next time.
Wait. Whoa. No way. Stanley meant fertilization as far as a male sperm donor. I insisted that would not have been my dad. He insisted it was. Finally, Alice told him to shut up in no uncertain terms.
Sometimes after working on a specific family for a long time, the brain is stuck and ya’ get stuck in a rut, so literally, ya’ need to go to the beginning of the game and “start all over again!”
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.
In an ideal world, everyone would share their genealogy research. For myself, I am all about sharing my research, my ideas, and my techniques […]
Finding the right genealogy forms can sometimes be a frustrating process. It can mean sifting through website after website searching for the one you […]
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 […]
I am most interested in seeing changes that allow genealogists to make money by offering their research skills and expertise. While browsing genealogy social […]
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, […]
I have been fortunate to have hundreds of photographs of my ancestors prior to 1915. Some of them labeled, some not. On one line […]
In 2007, my dad decided to get a DNA test done to possibly assist with his genealogy research and to find out the source […]
Interviewing relatives is a key task in starting genealogy. I recommend interviewing as many people as possible because everyone has a different perspective on […]
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. […]
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 […]