Ancestry.com: Merging Duplicate People

Learn how to merge duplicate people in your family tree on Ancestry.com and learn how to avoid duplicating people in the first place. Ancestry.com is not a sponsor of this video. Click the image to go to the video.

MyHeritage.com Website Tour (2019)

NEW VIDEO EPISODE ON GENEALOGY TV – Learn all about MyHeritage.com with a website tour from Daniel Horowitz (Genealogy Expert at MyHeritage). He gives us a tour of their website, services, and the many resources,. He talks about all of the family history records, along with the many languages available on the site. Also… MyHeritage […]

Correlation of Evidence

Correlation of Evidence in Genealogy

In this video learn how to map out the facts from all of your genealogical evidence in an easy to read way so that you can prove or disprove your family history hypothesis. This helps resolve your family history questions and resolve conflicting evidence. This is a clip from a recent Insiders Group Coaching Session. […]

Thrulines™ Q&A with Crista Cowan.

Thrulines Q&A with Crista Cowan

In this “footnotes” episode I went straight to the source and interviewed Crista Cowan of Ancestry fame, to help get answers about Ancestry’s new ThruLines™. These are the questions that viewers asked from previous episodes here on Genealogy TV as well as some of the other new DNA tools.   *** SHOW NOTES *** Previous […]

Research with Purpose and Location First!

Research with Purpose and Location First

https://youtu.be/ljBFbcA-FpQ Research with Purpose and Location First! When you’re researching your family history, are you researching by your ancestors name first?  Consider researching by location first. In this episode I explain some of the advantages of researching by place before researching your ancestors name. *** SHOW NOTES *** Resources used in this episode… Find A […]

Rootstech London Fall 2019 Courses Announced & More

Rootstech London on Genealogy TV

Rootstech London has just released the course and information you’ll want to know even if you’re not going to Rootstech, because there are virtual passes available. Either way, you’ll want to see this video first before you buy your passes, because Genealogy TV viewers can get a discount on any pass.   In this episode […]

Genealogy TV LIVE – Research Questions

Genealogy TV LIVE

Had a great time on our first live stream. Here are the “Show Notes” from this GTV Live Research Questions episode. Welcome to Genealogy TV’s first live stream. In this episode we’re talking about good research questions, current family history news, celebrating some new things happening at Genealogy TV, a NEW CONTEST, new shows on […]

Learn Genealogy – Vital Events and Records

Vital Events and Records Right from the beginning of your genealogical journey, you’re going to want to start collecting documents surrounding vital events. These are typically birth, marriage, death, and divorce records. As mentioned before, start backwards. Look for an ancestor’s death certificate (or information) before seeking marriage and birth certificates. Obviously, in some cases the […]

Connie's Favorite Video Gear

This is my favorite video gear for shooting family events, interviews and reunions. Connie’s Favorite Gear for Interviewing Depending on the situation I will typically use the least amount of gear, but might grab any or all of these. Tripods Affordable Tripod Small tripod with cell phone grip  Make sure it fits your cell phone. […]

NC Civil War & Reconstruction History Center

Do you have Civil War ancestors?  If so, you’ll want to know about this new NC Civil War & Reconstruction History Center located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. I had the opportunity to interview Cheri Molter, an employee with the center.  She explained that the center is collecting your stories for this educational center.  See the […]