Category: U.S. Research

African American Great Migration Classes at RootsTech 2023

Note: This article was published previously on the Genealogy’s Star blog site. https://rootstech2023.mapyourshow.com/8_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?scheduleid=85 You are invited to attend my live class at RootsTech 2023 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 2, at 9:30 am. “Understanding and Researching the Records of the Great Northward Migration 1915-1970” The class will be held in Room 155 B. I also...

New: The Family History Guide Q&A Center

We’re happy to announce an exciting new feature in The Family History Guide—the Q&A Center. This tool can be used both for individual self-study and for training family history consultants or trainers. In The Family History Guide, you can access the Q&A Center in the Intro menu or in the Trainers menu. About the Q&A Center It’s fitting that The...

Goldie May Live and Unrehearsed Genealogy Research #16: Looking for a Female Ancestor’s Maiden Name

Note: This article was previously published on the Genealogy’s Star blogsite.   https://youtu.be/-ECMTN-wpaIEpisode 16 of the Goldie May Live and Unrehearsed Genealogy Research series is now online. In this episode we take on the task of trying to find an ancestor’s maiden name. We work through many of the possibilities where research might show up a maiden name. The purpose of...