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December 3, 2018

Resolving Dead Ends in Trees, Part One

Editor’s Note: Thanks to our guest blogger, Karen Meyer, currently serving as an Area Temple and Family History Consultant in the Scottsdale (AZ) Coordinating Council, for this blog post. In Part One,  she outlines some common causes for dead ends in family trees and how to address them.   Problem #1: Too many Census Data Sheets for the same year. One...

Ancestry/Records/U.S. Research
December 1, 2018

The Family History Guide: Essentials for Everyone

One of the reasons for the remarkable growth of The Family History Guide is that it offers something useful and important to just about everyone. We’ve done a bit of thinking on this topic and come up with a list of 10 family history “audiences” and what might appeal to them in The Family History Guide. Some of us, of...

Ancestry/Country Research/FamilySearch/General/Navigation/Records/Technology/Training/U.S. Research
August 12, 2018

How To Create and Reap The Benefits of Family History Blogs

As a creator of seventeen family history blogs (with plans for more), I am obviously and unabashedly a proponent of this simple way to record, track, organize, access and share family history!  Blogging is now easier than ever. With the varied platforms available and an abundance of online help, why not take advantage of this fantastic family history tool to...

Family History Activities/Memories/Records/Social Media/Technology
July 23, 2018

Before Google … City Directories

Remember the Yellow Pages—those hefty dictionaries of domiciles and dwellers, delivered to your front porch? With the rise of Google and other Internet sites, printed phone directories have become a memory for most of us, as it’s faster and easier to find addresses and phone numbers on your phone, tablet, or laptop. So let’s turn the clock back a bit....

Records/U.S. Research
July 14, 2018

Inside the Guide: Using Newspapers for Family History Research

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! If you looked through old newspapers, you would find startling headlines, amusing anecdotes, and a glimpse of everyday life for the people who lived in the particular place and time period. Old newspapers are not just full of stories about abstract people and events; they are also a valuable genealogical tool that you can use...

Country Research/Memories/Records/U.S. Research
July 7, 2018

Inside the Guide: Tips for Basic Danish Research

My paternal grandfather crossed the ocean from Copenhagen, Denmark to North America with his family when he was only two years old. Family tradition states that he got so sick on the voyage, that the crew thought they should just throw him overboard to the fishes. While I am eternally grateful that didn’t happen, I’ve considered doing the same thing...

Country Research/Records
June 25, 2018

Inside the Guide: Research Logs

Research logs are very important tools for successful family history research. However, they are certainly not every family historian’s favorite thing. I know that when I’m in the zone of doing family history and finding all sorts of interesting things, it can sometimes be a hassle to take a step back and enter my searches and findings into a research...

Country Research/FamilySearch/Records/U.S. Research
June 17, 2018

Inside the Guide: Census Charts

Charts are tools that can be useful for a variety of different purposes, particularly in genealogical research. One situation where charts can help in your research is with a census survey. When conducting a census survey, it can be tricky to remember all the details about the individual you found from each census record, such as how old they were,...

Records/U.S. Research
April 14, 2018

Personal History Page By Page

What can we learn from a woman who wrote in her personal journal for over fifty-five years? My dear friend recorded her thoughts and feelings and the events of her life every day from the time she was thirteen years old until she could no longer write. She was more diligent in daily journal writing than anyone I have ever...

Family History Activities/Memories/Records
March 30, 2018

Capturing Memories Before It’s Too Late

This past week our family celebrated the life of my husband’s beloved stepmother at a carefully planned funeral and at several family get-togethers. Although I had helped her gather and preserve documents and photos, and had audio recorded her sharing memories of her life and family history, her sudden illness and death left me wishing I had spent more time...

Family History Activities/Memories/Records/Technology
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