Research Family History and Organize Genealogy Records

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NEW – Today we’re answering a viewer question about the research and organization of family history records. It’s one thing to do genealogy research, but keeping organized is vital to breaking down brick walls and finding the records that answer your research question.  This video does have a handout. See the description for how you […]

Three Quick Genealogy Research Tips to Find Hidden Ancestors

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Here are three quick genealogy record search tips. One is about the Associated Press Archived Records on Ancestry.com. Two, how to jump around in unindexed records to find hidden ancestors, and three, how to use the FHL numbers found in many records and how to locate those records on FamilySearch.org.  For Ancestry members, here is […]

Death Certificates for Genealogy: Reading Between the Lines

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I’m going to teach you how to read between the lines in death certificates, how to find family history clues within them and items of interest to genealogists.  Death certificates are often the first record a family historian finds when researching a new ancestor. I’ll also show you some tips for a research plan created […]

Best Genealogy Tips & Tricks (Previous Webinar)

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Learn some of the best genealogy tips and tricks that I use as a professional genealogist. This will help you stay organized, avoid mistakes, and learn how to break down those brick walls in your family tree.

Secret Trick for Searching Genealogy Records on Ancestry or FamilySearch

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Learn my secret trick for researching records and how I found a missing 8 year old boy in the 1870 U.S. Census with this unique strategy anyone can use.  There is a handout for this episode. Information about how to get the handout below. Note: You will need a recent version of Excel for this […]

Occupations of Our Ancestors

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It’s Labor Day Weekend in the US and I thought it might be fun to talk about the occupations of your ancestors and how they can help you research your family tree.

We Don’t Live Forever: Your Family History Survival Plan

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Let’s face it, we don’t live forever. What happens to your Ancestry account after you die? What happens to my family tree? Can I share my account with my family?  If an Ancestry member passes away with a public tree is it still public? How can I share my Ancestry account with my family without […]