Ancestor Photos in Immigration Records and Yearbooks?
Learn where to find your ancestors photos in immigration records and yearbooks. This is two clips from the previous episode “10 Places to Find Your Ancestors in Photos.”
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Avoiding Mistakes on Ancestry
In this episode we’re learning how to avoid making mistakes on Ancestry.com. Specifically we’re talking about member trees, accidentally creating duplicate ancestors, getting the most out of the hinting feature, AncestryDNA’s ThruLines, and news about your ethnicity estimates.
Using Smart Filters on Ancestry: Tiny Tip Clip
You should know how Smart Filters work on Ancestry so that you can maximize your genealogy search results. Learn how Smart Filters can give you different family history records when searching from your ancestor’s profile on Ancestry. This is a Tiny Tip Clip from the original episode called Hints and Clues on Ancestry.
See Ancestors in Multiple Branches: WikiTree Fan Chart
Learn how you can see if your ancestors are in more than one branch of the family tree using the WikiTree fan chart. This is the only tree I’ve seen online that will show you where your ancestors repeat in more than one branch of the direct lineage. This is not duplicate ancestors, but ancestors […]
Hard to Read Census: Solved
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.
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 […]
Grouping DNA Matches: Shared Matches Tool AncestryDNA®; Tiny Tip Clip
In this Tiny Tip Clip from a previous episode, I’m grouping DNA matches using the Shared Matches Tool. This is from the original episode called Grouping DNA Matches on Ancestry; Clarified.
Extract Ancestors from City Directories Using Ancestry into Excel Spreadsheets
In this video learn how to extract ancestors from city directories using Ancestry into Excel. Here we demonstrate this family history strategy using Ancestry, but can be done from any online genealogy website that has city directories, such as MyHeritage too. This can also be done using Google Sheets instead of Excel with a similar […]
Floating Trees on Ancestry: Tiny Tip Clip
What is a floating tree? Why should you create a floating tree? This is an excellent strategy for genealogy research to find other ancestors within your ancestors clan. This is a Tiny Tip Clip from a previous episode listed below. In this episode I’ll show you how to create a floating tree on Ancestry.com and […]
5 Tips to Better Genealogical Research : LIVE Replay
Learn five tips that will make you a better genealogy researcher. These are some of the best family history strategies all in one presentation. Plus we’ll answer your questions. There is a handout for this episode for Info Channel Members, Happy Dance level Patrons, and they are available at https://genealogytv.org/