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In this episode “Obituaries: Finding Facts, Clues, Leads, Sources, and Research Questions in an Obituary” I’m going to show you just how many facts, clues, sources, and leads there are in one obituary. You will be blown away at what I found in one simple obituary. If you want to play along and try to […]
Learn how to search Private Trees for your ancestors on Ancestry.com. Yes you can… search private trees for your ancestors and I will show you how. This is a “Tiny Tip Clip” from the original episode called “Hidden Tools on Ancestry.”
Today we are going to dig deeper into your Ancestry DNA cousin matches to find more genealogy clues, cousins, family trees, and family history records you may have overlooked.
Have you looked in the Social Security Death Index records for your ancestors? In this clip from a previous episode about the Social Security Death Index, a.k.a. as the SSDI, you’ll learn about this valuable set of records. We’ll also dig deeper into the Social Security Applications & Claims Index , what you get when […]
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.
Learn how to FIND MORE ANCESTORS! In this episode Connie shows her techniques to filter U.S. Census records by surname using Google Sheets and Ancestry. This is one of her best Brick Wall Buster strategies. This also works on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, and online genealogy services. This works on just about any record that has been […]
Learn how to transfer your old videos (like VHS, S-VHS, 8MM, Betamax, Hi-8, BetaCam, etc.) from your VCR to your computer so that you can preserve and share your family history memories. Save those videos from the past holidays, share them on social media, or give them as holiday gifts this year. Transferring your home […]
Learn about copyright laws, where to find court records, adoption records of the past and present… and evidence of marriage. All of this and more for our genealogy research with today’s guest, Judy Russell, a.k.a. The Legal Genealogist. She is a wealth of information. Judy Russell helps us understand the law behind the family history […]
I took the top ten genealogy research tips (using Ancestry and FamilySearch) that Genealogy TV viewers watched the most and compiled them into two episodes. Think of it as the “Best of Genealogy TV” videos and tips for family history. This is Part 2 of this two part series. Here in part two, we’ll see […]
I took the top ten genealogy research tips that Genealogy TV viewers watched the most and compiled them into two episodes. Think of it as “Best of…” videos. This is Part 1 of this two part series. In part one we’ll see clips about how to find private trees on Ancestry, who is working on […]