How do you know that’s your ancestor??

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. 

U.S. Census Record Basics: Tiny Tip Clip?

Learn about the basics of the U.S. Census records in this Tiny Tip Clip from the original series on U.S.Census records and how they can help you with your family history research.  Census records are the backbone of our genealogy.

Hard to Read Census: Solved

Hard to Read Census: Solved

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.

Floating Trees on Ancestry: Tiny Tip Clip

What is a floating tree? Why should you create a floating tree? This is an excellent strategy for genealogy research to find other ancestors within your ancestors clan. This is a Tiny Tip Clip from a previous episode listed below. In this episode I’ll show you how to create a floating tree on Ancestry.com and […]

5 Tips to Better Genealogical Research : LIVE Replay

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/ 

Fixing Mistakes on Ancestry: Tiny Tip Clip

Fixing Mistakes on Ancestry: Tiny Tip Clip

NEW TODAY! Fixing mistakes on your Ancestry.com tree can be easy.  In this video we’ll talk about how to prevent duplicate ancestors in your Ancestry.com tree.  This is a clip from the original episode Fixing Mistakes on Ancestry.

FamilySearch Wiki

NEW TODAY! Learn how to find any record for your ancestors in the location you are doing genealogy research using the FamilySearch Wiki.  This is a Tiny Tip Clip from the original episode FamilySearch.org: 5 Tips for Free Genealogy Research (2020)

Extracting Census Data to Excel : Tiny Tip Clip?

Extracting Census Data to Excel : Tiny Tip Clip

NEW TODAY! Learn how to break down genealogical brick walls by extracting data from census records to find additional families in the community where your ancestors lived.  This is demonstrated on Ancestry but can be used on FamilySearch and MyHeritage.  This is a clip from the original episode was #1 Way to Break Down Brick […]