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Your Swedish Roots: A Step by Step Handbook may be the most comprehensive book on Swedish family history research available on the market today. The book focuses on Swedish-American research, from immigrant descendents back to their roots in the old Continue reading Your Swedish Roots
Time and again I have heard genealogists discuss the difficulties of researching their Scandinavian ancestors. Having, myself, a line of Norwegian ancestors I can attest to the difficulties sometimes found in this research. However, author Dr. Penelope Christensen, in Finding Continue reading Finding Your Scandinavian Ancestors
I stumbled across this article about 23andMe, the company providing the DNA research for all those celebrities on Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and thought I would share. The article appeared in Market Watch section of the Continue reading The Science Behind the Show
With an historical focus so often on the great European migrations it can be easy to overlook more regional migrations which occurred throughout North American history. Namely, there have been many migrations between Canada and the United States, both during Continue reading Genealogy to Go! Migration: Canada And The United States
Elizabeth Shown Mills, is an expert researcher and family historian. Her works include top selling books on proving and citing sources: Evidence!: Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian and Evidence Explained, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Continue reading The Historical Biographer’s Guide to Finding People in Databases & Indexes
This coming Sunday marks the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Ancestry.com recently opened a 200,000 records collection into the lives of the passengers, crew, and others associated with the Titanic. 1,517 people died when the Titanic struck Continue reading Ancestry.com’s 200,000 Titanic Records Collection
A dictionary, a glossary, a desk reference, I am not sure any of these perfectly describe What Did They Do? Ancestral Terminology. However, Dr. Penelope Christensen, the author, calls the book a dictionary, so I guess that is good enough Continue reading What Did They Do? Ancestral Terminology
The next new episode won’t air until 27 April 2012. The next guest will be actor Rob Lowe. The preview suggests an interesting link reaching back to the beginning of this nation. Time: 27 April 2012, 8/7c “Actor Rob Lowe Continue reading Rob Lowe, On the Next “Who Do You Think You Are?”
There are many good primers on Genealogy. There are also many fantastic books detailing advanced techniques in specific research areas. Few books, however, even attempt to cover the study of Genealogy as thoroughly, or as decisively as How to Do Continue reading How to do Everything: Genealogy
If the value of a book were measured by weight or volume, then The German Research Companion is a steal. Desk reference or the “Bible of German family history,” this book may be called many things, but perhaps the most Continue reading The German Research Companion
Fanium is a new game development company located in Draper, UT and lead by founder Jeff Wells. What is most unique about this game is not its gaming style, not its graphics, nor even the game’s platform, which in this Continue reading A Family History Game On Facebook
With the Louisiana Purchase St. Louis effectively became the gateway to the western frontier. After the purchase from France, many of the pre-1803 vital records and historical documents of the are were sent to the United States government, though some Continue reading St. Louis Family History Research Guide
The 1940 census was released today, 72 years after it was taken. Many different websites now have the images from the census available for review, but none come with an index. An index is not part of the release, nor Continue reading Help Make a 1940 Census Index a Reality
Creating a family pedigree chart is easy. Creating an accurate pedigree, properly analyzed and backed with evidence is less easy, and sometimes downright difficult. However, who wants a pedigree chart full of errors? Who wants to spend time tracing down Continue reading How Do I Prove It?
Everything You Need to Know About… How to Find Your Family History in Newspapers is a step-by-step instructional guide to using newspapers as a resource in genealogical research. In the first chapter, author Lisa Louise Cooke, provide good reasoning for Continue reading Everything You Need to Know About… How to Find Your Family History in Newspapers