Time-Saving Genealogy Tips: How I Keep My Research Log
I'm on a pause in my genealogy research. Aside from the usual running after the kiddos, trying to keep up at work, and summertime family events, we're packing up and moving our house. One thing I've been doing that I hope will help me pick up my research after...
View DetailsExpert Q&A: Tracing Your Colonial and Early American Ancestors
Were your ancestors in America to witness the signing of the Declaration of Independence or the first shots of the American Revolution—or even before then? Here are some tips and resources for researching your colonial and early American ancestors.
View DetailsGenealogy Brick Wall Busters: 10 Places to Find Your Ancestor’s Family, Friends and Neighbors
Our ancestors tended to move with and marry into particular groups of people, and tracing those "clusters"—even if the people aren't in your direct lines or even related—is a key strategy to break through genealogy brick walls. It can help you discover maiden names, places of origin, and other...
View DetailsCiting Genealogy Sources for Regular People
Source citation is something of a hot button in genealogy. It's easy to become petrified you won't do it right, or to imagine that citing sources will take up all your precious research time. That's why I love the idea of our Source Citations for Regular People webinar with Shannon...
View DetailsSix Classic Genealogy Brick Wall-Busting Tips
You probably have at least one unanswered genealogy question, an ancestor who's really difficult to trace, or a family with gaps in their timeline. These classic brick wall-busting tips come from our upcoming Conquer Your Research Challenges: Solutions and Advice to Overcome Your Genealogy Problems one-week workshop: Consult genealogy...
View DetailsPacking List for Genealogy Research Trips
Genealogy travel requires a specific packing list, but you should be careful not to bring too much! Here are things I've found useful to bring (or not bring) when attending conferences and going to libraries over the years.
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Polish Genealogy Research Challenges and Tips
If you have Polish ancestors, the country's historical partitions and border changes have probably presented some genealogy research challenges. Here's an example of why: If your ancestors lived in eastern Poland, records from 1868 to 1917 will be in Russian. Records from 1808 to 1868 generally should be in...
View Details8 “Next Steps” For Starting Your Genealogy
This week, I had the pleasure of Skyping with a class of sixth graders working on a genealogy project. Here's a photo their teacher Tweeted: They'd already interviewed family members and done some research into census records, so after talking a little bit about how I got interested in...
View DetailsCase Study: Clues to Unknown Children in 1900 and 1910 Censuses
Learn how former editor Diane Haddad discovered clues to previously unknown infant deaths in her family, thanks to 1900 and 1910 census records.
View DetailsTips for Tracing Russian Roots
This morning's news had me excited about the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics this week in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is in Western Russia, on the Black Sea. Western Russia, including areas that are now independent countries, was the source of significant immigration to the United States in the...
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