U.S. Census Record Basics: Tiny Tip Clip?

Learn about the basics of the U.S. Census records in this Tiny Tip Clip from the original series on U.S.Census records and how they can help you with your family history research.  Census records are the backbone of our genealogy.

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.

Hard to Read Census: Solved

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 […]

Extract Ancestors from City Directories Using Ancestry into Excel Spreadsheets

Extract Ancestors from City Directories

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 […]

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/ 

Fixing Mistakes on Ancestry: Tiny Tip Clip

Fixing Mistakes on Ancestry: Tiny Tip Clip

NEW TODAY! Fixing mistakes on your Ancestry.com tree can be easy.  In this video we’ll talk about how to prevent duplicate ancestors in your Ancestry.com tree.  This is a clip from the original episode Fixing Mistakes on Ancestry.

Your Genealogy Legacy

What happens to our accounts at Ancestry, FamilySearch, and MyHeritage when we pass away?  How can we ensure that all the years of genealogy research we have done, does not end up in the trash? It’s time to start the conversation, get organized so you can hand down your family history research to family and […]