I love Ancestry.com and they offer many wonderful services. One of these services is to upload your family tree and attach records to that tree. This makes it very easy and convenient. However, there are some reasons to save your … Continued
If you use Ancestry.com you know that you have the option of exploring other researcher’s trees. There are times when these trees can be a gold mine, but other times when they can be a mine trap. However, there is … Continued
Last week, I shared some of the benefits of ancestry hints. But, when using these hints we also need to proceed with caution. In other words, we need to review the hints before we go and click randomly adding all … Continued
If you have your family tree on Ancestry.com, then you are familiar with their ancestry hints. There are many benefits to Ancestry hints. So, what are some of them? Discovering missing family members or ancestors Discovering where your ancestor lived … Continued
Last week we discussed the importance of searching newspapers. This can be very tedious at times, especially if you don’t know what specifically what you are looking for. On numerous occasions I have stared at the microfilm until I felt … Continued
Years ago when newspapers.com first appeared I subscribed to the site for a short time and I was not impressed. At that time there were very few newspapers that had been digitized. Recently, I revisited the site for another site. … Continued
There are many sites that offer online records for genealogy research, today. These sites can save many hours of paging through census records or other records that are online. Some of these sites are better than others. Some of these … Continued
Genealogists enjoy helping one another. They are often willing to help with generating ideas or to conduct research if you live in another locality. In the genealogy community this is referred to as Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness {RAOGK}. This … Continued
Chronicling America is the online newspaper available through the Library of Congress. This website is a great resource and has newspapers from 1836-1922 across the country that are available. Why are the newspapers only through 1922? Because these are in … Continued