Trace Your Family Tree for Free (2024 Edition)

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In this video learn how to trace your family tree for free online. You can use free family tree searches to access genealogy records. You will learn how to do a family search public records, free family tree searches, find free online family trees, create your own ancestry family trees free of any subscription. There […]

Guide to FamilySearch.org

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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 […]

Secret Trick for Searching Genealogy Records on Ancestry or FamilySearch

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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 […]

Ancestry New Features: June 2023 with Crista Cowan

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Right now (June 2023) Ancestry is rolling out some new features. Some of these are based on your requests. In this interview with Ancestry’s own Crista Cowan, we demonstrate the newest features and product releases, some of which are so new, not even Crista had access to some of them… but I did!

MyHeritage Chromosome Browser & AutoCluster (2023)

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Learn how the chromosome browser at MyHeritage works from the Expert Genealogist, Daniel Horowitz from MyHeritage.  We also are talking about the very cool Auto Cluster tool. ?? Free MyHeritage Family Tree Builder (affiliate) https://www.myheritage.com/family-tree-builder?utm_source=partner_genealogytv&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=genealogytv_ftbmarch20&tr_funnel=family_tree ?? Free DNA Upload (affiliate) http://myheritage.com/dna/upload?utm_source=partner_genealogytv&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=genealogytv_march20&tr_funnel=dnaupload ?? Free Trial of MyHeritage Complete Plan: https://www.myheritage.com/complete-genealogy-package?keyword=partners&utm_source=partner_genealogytv&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=genealogytv_march20&tr_funnel=Complete

MyHeritage.com: Updates for 2023

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MyHeritage has new updates for 2023. This episode is an interview with Daniel Horowitz (from MyHeritage) demonstrating all of the new features and tools at MyHeritage for your family history and DNA research.  I love the innovative technology that MyHeritage uses to look at our family history in different ways. MyHeritage Family Tree Builder (affiliate) […]

Forgotten Genealogy Records

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Here are five genealogy record sets that you might have forgotten about when doing your family history research.

Finding Proof for Your Family History and Genealogy

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Finding proof of your lineage can be a challenge at times. In a criminal court of law, you need to prove someone’s guilt “beyond a shadow of a doubt.” Similarly in genealogy, we need to have evidence that after “reasonably exhaustive research,” the evidence points to a solid conclusion. In this process we are weighing […]

Genealogy Research & Family History Records Checklist to Grow Your Family Tree

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When I first started out in genealogy, I wanted a genealogy records checklist. I guess I’m a checklist kind of person. So here I’ve created a list of types of records to look for when researching each ancestor. This is a “suggested” list of what to look for, not necessarily where to find them. There […]