Connecting Floating Trees on Ancestry
How do you connect a Floating tree to your main tree on Ancestry.com? (A viewer asked). In this episode, I’ll demonstrate how to use floating trees, branches, or floating ancestors which can be a huge advantage when researching your family history. This genealogy tutorial answers the questions… What is a floating tree, how to find […]
Genealogy Research & Family History Records Checklist to Grow Your Family Tree
When I first started out in genealogy, I wanted a genealogy records checklist. I guess I’m a checklist kind of person. So here I’ve created a list of types of records to look for when researching each ancestor. This is a “suggested” list of what to look for, not necessarily where to find them. There […]
Top Ten “Go To” Records for Research
Here are the top ten “go to” records for family history research. Walk with me while I talk about these favorite genealogy records and some of the little nuances about them.
eBay for Family History Finds
There are lots of gems to find on eBay for Genealogy. In this video is an interview with Scott Fisher from the Extreme Genes podcast who has been finding all kinds of family history records and great finds on eBay. You can find family bibles, documents, letters, yearbooks, and many more genealogy gems on eBay. […]
Ancestry DNA Update: Dividing DNA Cousins by Our Parents
AncestryDNA® has come out with another DNA update where they are dividing our DNA cousin matches by our parents’ sides of the family. This is another step forward in genetic genealogy at Ancestry. With no effort at all, we can now see your DNA cousin matches divided by the paternal and maternal branches. This will be […]
How to Get Organized
Here is how to get organized with your family history records. Get your genealogy in order so you can focus on that one research question about your ancestors. Doing the method I outline here will help you focus, see relationships and details you never noticed before. Take the Challenge! Get one ancestor organized. This is […]
15 Common Mistakes Genealogists Make
Here are 15 common mistakes genealogists make in 15 minutes. Everyone makes some of these mistakes, don’t let it be you. AncestryDNA test (affiliate) https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101l4aFW/creativeref:1011l28282
FamilySearch Best Practices
Here are some of my best practices for researching on FamilySearch.org.
7 Tools You May Have Forgotten About on Ancestry.com
Learn 7+ features and tools that you may have forgotten about on Ancestry.com. Knowing how to use Ancestry can really help you build your family tree, research your genealogy, and make the most of your family history experience.
Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Genealogy
Learn the 7 things I wish I knew when I started my family history. We’re talking about Ancestry trees, family trees online websites, getting organized, research notes, talking with family, finding genealogy records, hidden clues, and research strategies.