How to record a child born out of wedlock on your family tree.

Is hard-to-buy-for Aunt Helen the family repository for recipes, photo albums and keepsakes? Does Grandpa Joe archive all of your family's facts and dates in his head, not to mention all those lesser-known scintillating tidbits? If you need holiday gift ideas for your genealogically inclined relatives, look no further!

Take your genealogy on the road with some great new mobile apps, learn tips and tricks for family history travel, and tour the top mobile websites of 2012 pulled straight from the brand new "101 Best Websites for Tracing Your Roots" list. Plus: How to win a free registration to the Fall Virtual Genealogy Conference.

Unravel the meanings of your ancestors' tombstone art with this quick guide to the significance of common marks.

Short on time? You can do these 14 genealogy projects on your lunch hour.

Writing for records in a foreign country

Creative ways to save and share your family history.

April's episode is all about Civil War and military research. We chat with Michael Varhola, the author of Life in Civil War America, and Diana Crisman Smith, the instructor of Family Tree University's US Military Research class and the Civil War Research class. Plus: Tips on preserving military uniforms and details on how to enter our Civil War sweepstakes.

Get the scoop on your family with Ancestry.com's Historical Newspaper Collection.

Our ancestors could be creative spellers. These tips will make it easier to read their records and other documents.