10 Ways to Leverage Evernote for Your Genealogy Research
After every Family Tree Magazine issue closes, we have byproducts, mostly digital but some on paper: lineups, manuscripts, edited manuscripts, photos, illustrations, emails, contracts, invoices, proofs, storyboards (showing what’s on each page of the issue), and so on. All these pieces can make a mess. Genealogy researches also produces byproducts...
View DetailsA Census Search Trick for Hard-to-Find Ancestors
Here's a handy trick to identify hard-to-find ancestors in census records.
View DetailsConfessing a Genealogy Mistake
I was trying to make the research mistake I'm about to confess seem less odious because, well, I don't want you to hold it against Family Tree Magazine, but then I realized that's counter to my point that anyone can make a mistake. Conflicting records contributed to my error, but...
View DetailsFinding My Ancestor’s Old Property Deed: Tips You Can Use
Your ancestors' old property deeds can reveal valuable information about them and where they lived. Here's a guide on how to find and study these deeds.
View Details7 Canadian Genealogy Tips
Looking for ancestors in Canada? Whether you're a native Canadian or you're from the United States, these tips will help you get your genealogy search off to a good start.
View DetailsHow to Create a Research Plan in Evernote
A genealogy research plan can help you identify the genealogy information and resources you need to answer a family history question. You know, one like "When and why between 1894 and 1900 did my third-great-grandmother drop off the face of the earth?" Not that I would know anything about...
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Using Old Maps to Answer My Genealogy Question
Genealogists love old maps. I could browse the David Rumsey Map Collection for days. But maps are more than cool to look at. In our Use Historical Maps to Solve Research Problems webinar on Tuesday, April 28, D. Joshua Taylor will show you how to use maps as tools...
View DetailsFinding the Irish in My Family Tree
Happy St. Patrick's Day to you!I was trying to explain to my four-year-old this morning in the car that his fourth-great-grandparents, Edward Norris and and Elizabeth Butler, came from a country called Ireland. After observing that Elizabeth's name has a potty word in it, he asked where they lived...
View DetailsTutorial: Find Old Photos on the Library of Congress Website Premium
Want to find old images of your ancestors and the places where they lived? Follow our tutorial for searching the Library of Congress' huge online image collection.
View DetailsGenealogy Assumptions Part II: The Sisters Theory
Last week I posted about nearly blending my third-great-uncle Henry Thoss' consecutive spouses into one person, based on an assumption about his household's 1940 census listing. In 1940, Henry was listed with wife Eleanor, 50, and mother-in-law Mary Dietrich, suggesting that Mary was Eleanor's mother, and Dietrich was her...
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