Learn why you should consider having one primary family tree as your “go to” tree when doing your genealogy research. This is a Tiny Tip Clip from the original episode called FamilySearch 5 Tips for Free Genealogy Research.Continue Reading
FamilySearch has some cool tools that you might not be aware of that are rather fun and educational. Today we’re talking about the Where Am I From tool and the Picture My Heritage. This episode made me giggle. Check it out.Continue Reading
Ancestry has been rolling out new tools and graphics over the past few months. There are some new features in the Ancestry tree that you might not be aware of.Continue Reading
Learn from professional genealogist Aimee Cross her strategies for researching pre-1850 ancestors. As you may know, census records prior to 1850 only show the head of household. So how do you research your genealogy before 1850 if they don’t show the family members? Aimee has a 7 step process sheContinue Reading
Should you use other member trees? Yes or No? This is a Tiny Tip Clip from the original episode called Avoiding Mistakes on Ancestry.Continue Reading
How do you know if the record you are looking at is your ancestor? I’ve got some suggestions that might help you figure it out. Today we’re talking about correlating evidence using U.S. census and Fold3 records. Continue Reading
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.Continue Reading
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 insteadContinue Reading
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/ Continue Reading
