7 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.
Read MoreHow 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...
Read MoreUsing 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...
Read More17 Genealogy Things To Do If You Have Only a Few Minutes
Sometimes life gets in the way, and you can't find a decent stretch of time to sit at your computer or go to the library and do some genealogy. Our Sept. 30 webinar Weekend Genealogy Breakthroughs will show you 13 shorter projects you can accomplish in an evening or...
Read MorePolish 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...
Read MoreBeyond-the-Basics Genealogy Resources for Tracing Massachusetts Ancestors
Around Thanksgiving, you might stand a bit taller with pride in your Mayflower Pilgrim roots. Whether your Massachusetts ancestors include Pilgrims (who were actually headed for Virginia, but strayed off-course during a storm), Massachusetts Bay Colony settlers, Irish or French Canadian immigrants, or other Bay State residents, you can delve...
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Unpuzzling Your Ancestors’ County Boundary Changes
Figuring out your US ancestors' county boundaries can be like doing a puzzle with pieces that keep changing size and shape. If one of your ancestral families settled early in what's now Morrow county in central Ohio, for example, they conceivably could've resided in—count 'em up—seven different counties without...
Read MoreGenealogy Video Tip: Finding Old Land Records in Illinois
Our Secrets to Beat Your Illinois Brick Walls webinar Thursday evening, April 11, picks up where our Illinois Genealogy Crash Course left off, introducing you to more-advanced, lesser-known genealogy resources ito trace ancestors in Illinois. In this video tip from the Secrets to Beat Your Illinois Brick Walls webinar, presenter...
Read MoreDiscover the Best Websites for Irish Genealogy Research
Having a hard time making progress with your Irish genealogy search? Maybe you're not looking in the right places. Our March 28 webinar, Best Irish Genealogy Websites, will help you find ancestors using websites that provide key resources for Irish research. In this sneak peek video, Irish genealogy expert...
Read MoreI think I’ve got it!, or, Cluster Genealogy Works!
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about my third-great-grandmother's hard-to-read maiden name in her divorce case file from 1879 to 1881. Many of you offered suggestions for searching for her family in the 1850 and 1860 censuses—thank you! I tried those searches and I kept examining the case file...
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