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Over the years, it has been heard many times on the news were an actor or other personality in the public limelight states that if such and such legislation passes, or if so and so is elected to office that Continue reading Research Guide to Loyalist Ancestors
Family Archaeology: Discovering the Family Skeleton and Making it Dance is a combination genealogy primer and family history promotional. This book encourages the reader to discover, or rediscover, their people who make up one’s family tree. With encouragement, the book Continue reading Family Archaeology: Discovering the Family Skeleton and Making it Dance
The following article was written by my friend, William Dollarhide: Dollarhide’s Rule No. 24: A cousin, once removed, may not return. Genealogists attempting to identify the places their ancestors lived using the federal censuses must first face the reality of Continue reading Census Records and County Boundary Changes
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
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
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?
You already love genealogy. There is a good chance you enjoy teaching others the research skills you have learned doing you own research. Why not gain some recognition for your professionalism and become an accredited genealogist? If you ever though Continue reading Becoming an Accredited Genealogist
Interested in reducing the cost of family history research? Here’s a peek at an article from the Hartford Courant: Researching Genealogy On The Cheap March 11, 2012|Korky Vann, Savvy Shopper Like millions of Americans, I’m hooked on the NBC television Continue reading Taking the Inexpensive Approach to Research
The Telegraph, a British news outlet, in association with Ancestry.co.uk, is inviting readers to share their genealogical research tips in their forum. Here is an excerpt from their invitation article: If you’ve already started researching your family history and unearthed Continue reading The Telegraph Offers Family Historians the Opportunity to Share Their Hard-Earned Expertise
Emily Anne Croom, expert genealogist and author of Unpuzzling Your Past, The Genealogist’s Companion & Sourcebook, and A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your African-American Ancestors, has also written The Sleuth Book for Genealogists: Strategies for More Successful Family History Research. Continue reading The Sleuth Book for Genealogists
Unpuzzling Your Past, by Emily Anne Croom, is a best-selling basic guide to genealogy. This book does well because it give consideration to way our ancestors lived and not just names and dates. In addition, the book focuses on using Continue reading Unpuzzling Your Past
Every genealogist knows the value of a photograph. Pictures help bring ancestors to life. Many tell stories about the lives our ancestors led. For many of us, finding a family photography is every bit as rewarding, if not more so, Continue reading How to Preserve Your Family Photo Collection
Tracing one’s history in their own native language offers plenty of challenges. Changes in writing styles and in handwriting, problems with damage and discoloration, both added to transcription and indexing errors can make record finding and reading difficult at times. Continue reading Reading Non-English Records
Webinars have become popular among many genealogists. Bloggers, software vendors, professional researchers, and others use webinars to communicate with the genealogy community. Webinars provide interaction with an audience in an engaging manner. One excellent use of such interaction is for Continue reading RootsMagic Webinars on CD
Deciphering Gothic Records is a great little flip book designed to help those with German ancestry read and understand older German documents and handwriting. The books contents include information and words common to traditional vital records; including; birth, christenings, marriages, Continue reading Flip Books Help Researchers Decipher Gothic Records