Tips & Techniques Articles
Readers respond to Family Tree Magazine.
11/17/2009
Diane Haddad gives you the inside scoop on Footnote's new interactive census collection, which will add 9.5 million documents to the website's collection. GeneTree product manager Dusty Rhoades and your host, Lisa Louise Cooke, discuss DNA facts and fiction, and Rhoades answers the most common questions about DNA services. We explore the Wisconsin Historical Society Library, and Rick Crume shares tips from his article "Clean Sweep."
3/12/2012
Expert answers to your genealogy questions.
8/26/2010
US research is the focus of this episode, with the best websites for state research and the Washington State Digital Archive. Plus: tips for using US vital records from Family Tree University, news from FamilySearch and tips for organizing your heirlooms.
11/12/2010
Tips on how to get relatives to discuss family history, a discussion of
the Historic American Cookbook Project, and news on the Genealogists for
Families project at Kiva.com. Plus: Learn more about creating a family
history book from Family Tree University's Nancy Hendrickson.
11/19/2011
This month, give thanks for your family by digitizing your documents and photos. Learn tricks for scanning old pictures, discover how Facebook can house your history, and get the details on digital photography essentials.
11/15/2012
Someone just copied my online family tree and is calling it her own -- and she's adding incorrect information. What can I do?
8/2/2011
I've determined the information on my own birth certificate is incorrect. Should I submit the correct information to the state so my descendants aren't as confused as I was?
8/2/2011
What can you tell me about the American Bible Union? I found a certificate in our family Bible stating that an ancestor, James Hitching, donated a dime to this group Nov. 24, 1867.
5/2/2011
How do I go about looking for old prison records in California without spending a lot of money?
5/2/2011