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FamilySearch.org is the largest free genealogy website in the world. This is your unofficial guide to get the most out of your family tree research. Here you will get a list of best practices for finding genealogy records, books, websites and more. In this video, you will learn how to find current information for almost […]
Learn my secret trick for researching records and how I found a missing 8 year old boy in the 1870 U.S. Census with this unique strategy anyone can use. There is a handout for this episode. Information about how to get the handout below. Note: You will need a recent version of Excel for this […]
Today we’re going to talk about how to extract US Census information from the 1940 and the 1950 U.S. census into Excel spreadsheets so that you can filter them quickly by surname to help find more family members. In previous episodes, I had been using this little trick I created where you can copy and […]
Here are some of my best practices for researching on FamilySearch.org.
If I were starting my genealogy over again today, what and how would I do it. Here are ten things I would do immediately, when starting my family tree.
The 1950 U.S. The Federal Census is being released on April 1st, 2022. Learn all about the 1950 Census and how it can help your family history research.
FamilySearch has some cool tools that you might not be aware of that are rather fun and educational. Today we’re talking about the Where Am I From tool and the Picture My Heritage. This episode made me giggle. Check it out.
In this Tiny Tip Tuesday episode, I’m going to show you how to see hard-to-read census images. This may solve issues with faint handwriting or poor microfilm images on Ancestry, FamilySearch or MyHeritage and others. It’s a simple, yet powerful tip.
Learn how using the combination of FamilySearch.org together with Ancestry.com can be a very powerful genealogical research strategy to help you find more records, ancestors, cousins, and clues for your family tree. Whether you have a subscription at Ancestry or not, this genealogy research can work with their free guest account.
National media picked up this family history story about the 1870’s marriage certificate that was found in the back of a painting in a thrift shop. I’m the one who solved the mystery of this old marriage certificate. In this episode, I’m going to share with you the whole story, how I did the genealogy […]
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