Make a Resolution: Viewing Online Photos
Q Momto3boyz asks this question on the FamilyTreeMagazine.com Forum: My cousin put some pictures on a family Web site. When I pull them up, most of them come up in thumbnail sizes. When I try to zoom in or enlarge them so I can see the faces, I lose the sharpness of the pictures. Any […]
Read MoreLearning Your Ethnic Heritage Through DNA
Q What’s the best source for DNA testing for all ethnic groups? A It sounds like youre looking for a DNA test that shows your ethnic heritage, rather than whether youre related to someone. Several types of tests accomplish this to some degree. Biogeographical testsTests such as DNA Print Genomics AncestryByDNA evaluate autosomal DNA, which […]
Read MoreConverting Your Genealogy Files From PC to Mac
Q Ive used Family Tree Maker software for several years on my PC. Now Im switching over to a Mac. What software can I get that will let my data transfer to the new computer without having to buy new software and re-enter everything? A Since Family Tree Maker software doesn’t come in a Mac-compatible […]
Read MoreJuly 4th Quiz Answers
Here are the correct answers for the quick Fourth of July quiz linked in the July 3, 2008, Family Tree Magazine E-mail Update newsletter. (We back-dated this post so it wouldn’t appear on the blog’s front page—we’re sneaky like that.) Quick—if you just stumbled upon this post, click here to test your knowledge. 1. When […]
Read MoreThis Land is Whose Land?
Q One of my coworkers told me shed bought a farm and turned it into a winery, but was having trouble tracing how ownership has changed hands over the years. Any advice? A In most counties, you can research recent land transfers on the county auditor’s or property assessor’s Web site. Before that, research deeds, […]
Read MoreFinding Your Ancestor in State Hospital Records
Q My grandmother died at the Cleveland State Hospital during the Flu Epidemic of 1918 after staying there two months. Ive learned the hospital was torn down, but I could never find out where the records went. How can I get them? A We received this question in response to a Family Tree Magazine E-mail […]
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It’s Only Natural
Q Several branches of my family came to United States in the 1860s from Sweden and Germany and Englandbefore Ellis Island. Were these people automatically made citizens or did they have to apply for naturalization? Where would one go to learn of this procedure? A Any immigrant coming to the United States in the mid-1800s […]
Read MoreSuspicious Death
Q Leslie Carlisle Grant was born about 1912 in Macon Co., NC. I last found him on the 1930 census in Miami, Dade Co., Fla., living near his sister Ethel Heinneman. Shortly after, he supposedly joined the Army. Coming home on leave from who knows where in 1931 or 1932, he supposedly drowned in New […]
Read MoreSaving Old Scrapbooks
Q I’ve discovered scrapbooks my mother made in the 1930 and ’40s. They include photos and paper ephemera such as party napkins and dance programs. The scrapbook pages are black and the items are glued on. What’s the best way to preserve this material? Also, I’d like to take pictures of each page. Should I […]
Read MoreSwede Success
Q My grandfather Carl August Petersson (he later went by Charles) was born in 1863 in Sweden, and died in America in 1927. I’ve spent years searching unsuccessfully for his birth parish. He came immigrated around the mid-1800’s and spent most of his life in northern California. Records I’ve found list his birthplace as only […]
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