Today we’re talking about the U.S. Census from 1790 to 1950 as they evolved over time. It’s a detailed look at each census, things to look for, what some of the labels mean. Also… How do you verify those ancestors prior to 1850? Stay to the end where I’ll show you some tricks to verifying […]
Learn how to connect and disconnect ancestors that are “floating” in your family tree on Ancestry.com. Also, more about what and why to use floating trees or floating ancestors. It’s a great genealogy research strategy for keeping track of the Friends, Associates, and Neighbors, a.k.a. “The FAN Club.”
Right now (June 2023) Ancestry is rolling out some new features. Some of these are based on your requests. In this interview with Ancestry’s own Crista Cowan, we demonstrate the newest features and product releases, some of which are so new, not even Crista had access to some of them… but I did!
DNA Painter is one of the most loved tools by professional and hobby genealogists alike and it is free to use. DNAPainter.com is a tool we use to help understand the DNA relationships between our DNA cousins and a whole lot more. The various tools here can help you solve those family history mysteries we […]
MyHeritage has new updates for 2023. This episode is an interview with Daniel Horowitz (from MyHeritage) demonstrating all of the new features and tools at MyHeritage for your family history and DNA research. I love the innovative technology that MyHeritage uses to look at our family history in different ways. MyHeritage Family Tree Builder (affiliate) […]
Cheri Hudson Passey is a professional genealogist who researches for the U.S. Army to help bring home our fallen soldiers from WWII. Learn how she does this specialized family history repatriation research along with her passion for helping research enslaved ancestors. This story showed an article from the Joint Base Charelston website here https://www.jbcharleston.jb.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/1641750/heroes-return-home-repatriation-of-wwii-remains/ Find […]
Learn the top tips from the professional genealogist for beginning family history and genealogy. While at RootsTech 2023, I ran around to many of the professionals and asked them what was their number one tip for beginning your genealogy. Surprisingly, all of them had different answers and are the best genealogy tips for family historians […]
Just announced are new features at Ancestry for both the desktop and mobile apps. Get the inside scoop from Ancestry.com’s very own Crista Cowan.
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 […]
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 […]
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