Just a friendly reminder that if you're a newbie genealogist, you could be Family Tree Magazine's next Family Tree Firsts blogger!We're looking for someone who enjoys writing...
Family Tree Firsts is a genealogy blog following the adventures of some budding genealogists as they worked their way through the Family Tree University curriculum and reported on their family history research successes and trials.
Just a quick note to send you over to Family Tree University to meet our new Family Tree Firsts blogger, Shannon Bennett of Locust Grove, Va.She'll be doing family research...
Attention beginning family historians (and anyone who knows one): We so enjoyed hearing about the genealogy search of inaugural Family Tree Firsts blogger Nancy Shively, that we...
To beginner FamilySearch.org users—and even to those with more experience—it can be confusing to distinguish the various types of user-submitted pedigree information on...
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Genealogy has gone prime time. NBC gave "Who Do You Think You Are?" the green light for a third season. "Faces of America" will return to PBS for another season. And on this...
Over at our Family Tree Firsts blog, newbie genealogist Nancy Shively (who you may recall was selected last November to blog about her research experiences) can't stop thinking...
On the 11th day of Christmas, my genea-Santa gave to me … the Beginner’s Guide to Genealogy download! Was someone on your Christmas list bitten by the...
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A little while back, we started our search for a newbie genealogist to blog for six months about his or her family research experiences and resources. We were thoroughly...
In another of our Family History Month happenings, Family Tree Magazine seeks a genealogy newbie to blog about exploring his or her roots.We're looking for someone who enjoys...
When you’re a family history newbie, the prospect of diving into your roots research can seem overwhelming. We’ll help you get started with our free, two-week...
The Family Tree Magazine staff had to do without their intern last Monday, as I spent the weekend in New York. Being the amateur genealogist that I am, I couldn’t pass up the...
I was hoping after last week’s devastating revelation that I could improve the Rudd family morale by verifying the myth that we are descendants of the Mayflower pilgrims. Like...
You might remember Lindsay, Family Tree Magazine's hard-working summer intern, from last week's introduction. This week, Lindsay investigates her family's supposed connection to...