Five Books Every Genealogist Should Have

5 Books Every Genealogist Should Have

Here are five books that every genealogist should have in their library.  Plus a bonus book as one of my favorite family history books. Click the image to go to the book, if one suits your fancy! They are: #1 Evidence Explained, by Elizabeth Shown Mills is the gold standard for how to write proper […]

Ten Places to Find Your Ancestors in Photographs

Ten Places to Find Your Ancestors in Photographs

Here are 10 places to look for your ancestors in photographs. We all love a good image of every ancestor in our family tree. Check out these ten places to find ancestors portrait or group family image. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A LIST OF ALL 10 PLACES

About AncestryHealth®: Ancestry.com’s New AncestryHealth Core™, and AncestryHealth Plus™

About AncestryHealth

New for November 2019 Learn about AncestryHealth® with Ancestry.com’s new service launched last month where they’re testing your DNA samples for genetic health variants. In this video you can learn about Ancestry’s two new “AncestryHealth” services. One is called AncestryHealth Core™ and the other is AncestryHealth Plus™. AncestryHealth® provides reports for selected conditions in the […]

How to Archive Your Family History Documents, Photos, & Artifacts

How to Archive Your Family History Documents, Photos, & Artifacts

Do you know how to preserve your family artifacts? Today we’re talking about how to keep those family heirlooms, documents, bibles, newspapers and more…  safe and dry for future generations. Today’s guest is known as “The Archives Lady” her name is Melissa Barker. She is a Certified Archives Manager currently working as the Houston County, […]

FamilyTreeDNA: Mitochondrial DNA Test (The Maternal Line) Part 3 of 3 – Genetic Genealogy

FamilyTreeDNA: Mitochondrial DNA Test (The Maternal Line) Part 3 of 3 - Genetic Genealogy

In this FamilyTreeDNA: Mitochondrial DNA Test (The Maternal Line) Part 3 of 3 – Genetic Genealogy the mothers line or Mitochondrial mtDNA) tests and website is discussed. FamilyTreeDNA’s Mitochondrial DNA test (at FTDNA.com) can be another opportunity for researching your family history by tracing the maternal line. This three part series has an overview of […]

19th Century Migration to America & The Railroads Westward Expansion

19th Century Migration to America & The Railroads Westward Expansion

In this special episode called “19th Century Migration to America & The Railroads Westward Expansion” learn about the impact of American migrations and the birth of new towns as a result of railroads westward expansion in the late 1800’s. Find out about what land records were created as a result of the railroads and how […]

Ancestry ThruLines, Are They True Lines?

Ancestry's New ThruLines on GenealogyTV.org

Learn about Ancestry’s new ThruLines and how to best use them in your family history research. Are the new ThruLines… true lines? Constance Knox, host of Genealogy TV, will review and explain some of the details and what to look out for when using the new application on the Ancestry.com website. This video was produced […]