How to Use Excel for Genealogy Research

Learn how to use Excel for Genealogy. This episode shows how to use Excel and some tricks to using it for genealogy. Here I show how to edit, color, move, delete, insert cells, rows, columns and more. Learn different reasons to use Excel for family history, like outlining DNA matches, extracting data from indexes so […]

Use One Primary Tree: Tiny Tip Clip?

Learn why you should consider having one primary family tree as your “go to” tree when doing your genealogy research.  This is a Tiny Tip Clip from the original episode called FamilySearch 5 Tips for Free Genealogy Research.

Reading Old Documents: Tiny Tip Clip?

Learn a couple of tips on how to read old handwriting in your ancestors documents.  From the original episode called 5 Tips on How to Read Old Documents: Paleography

Pre-1850 Genealogy Strategies with Aimee Cross?

Pre-1850 Genealogy Strategies with Aimee Cross

Learn from professional genealogist Aimee Cross her strategies for researching pre-1850 ancestors. As you may know, census records prior to 1850 only show the head of household. So how do you research your genealogy before 1850 if they don’t show the family members?  Aimee has a 7 step process she goes through to help find […]

How do you know that’s your ancestor??

How do you know if the record you are looking at is your ancestor?  I’ve got some suggestions that might help you figure it out.  Today we’re talking about correlating evidence using U.S. census and Fold3 records. 

How to Find the Original Sources for Genealogy Records

You always want to search for the original record.  Believe it or not, Ancestry, FamilySearch, and MyHeritage do not have the original records. In this episode I’m going to show you how and why you should find the original records for your ancestral research.

Newspapers!

Newspapers are some of the best resources for genealogists. In this episode we’ll talk about what is in them and where to find them. Many of them are free to search! The cool part about newspaper research is that it is so diversified providing a ton of information for your family history. They are one […]