What do you do when people build public genealogy trees that make no sense? First of all- let’s get to the why. When we […]
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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.
Finding the right genealogy forms can sometimes be a frustrating process. It can mean sifting through website after website searching for the one you […]
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 […]
Attracting clients’ is the first and most important job in becoming a professional genealogist. There are a number of ways that genealogists can market their services. […]
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 wanted to share an article that was recently published on America’s Footprints blog. Please click the link below to read the article written by […]
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 […]