Inspiring You to Write About Your Holiday Memories
In this video I hope to inspire you to write about your holiday experience and childhood memories.
5 Tips on How to Read Old Documents: Paleography
Reading old documents certainly can be a challenge. Learn my five tips for reading old documents (a.k.a. Paleography in the US or Palaeography in the UK). Plus here is a list of several free paleography courses on the web so you can study at your leisure. Paleography Resources Free Courses & Resources National Archives (UK) […]
Five Reasons To Go To Genealogical Conferences
Here are five reasons why you should go to genealogical conferences. Learn tips and trick for your next conference trip.
City Directories & Old Telephone Books: What’s In Them & Where to Find Them
Learn about where to find City Directories & Old Telephone Books and what’s in them to help your genealogy research. “I think they can have almost as much information as a census record and they were created every couple of years” said Connie Knox. Check out this video to learn more.
Document Cover Sheets: What’s Needed for Your Family History Documents
In this NEW VIDEO learn about keeping Document Cover Sheets on every document you find for your family history and what’s needed on those cover sheets. Below are the links related to this episode. ?? More about the Who, What, Where, When + When, Why and How information for Source Citations can be found in […]
How to Make Writing Source Citations Easier Using Macros
Learn How to Make Writing Source Citations Easier Using Macros in MS Word. Plus, learn how to insert footnotes for your family history research notes.
Five Books Every Genealogist Should Have
Here are five books that every genealogist should have in their library. Plus a bonus book as one of my favorite family history books. Click the image to go to the book, if one suits your fancy! They are: #1 Evidence Explained, by Elizabeth Shown Mills is the gold standard for how to write proper […]
Ten Places to Find Your Ancestors in Photographs
Here are 10 places to look for your ancestors in photographs. We all love a good image of every ancestor in our family tree. Check out these ten places to find ancestors portrait or group family image. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A LIST OF ALL 10 PLACES
Your Ancestry Questions are Answered + Tips: From the Video “How To Add FAN’s (Friends, Associates, and Neighbors) to Ancestry.com” (Nov 2019), Part One
In this video you’ll learn tips about how to add notes, comments, web links, cM Centimorgans or emoji’s to suffix box, keep track of other member trees, use Member Connect, keep track of DNA cousins, what is a “Quick and Dirty Tree,” and add stories on Ancestry.com. *** VIDEO LINKS BELOW WERE REFERENCED THE VIDEO […]
How to Archive Your Family History Documents, Photos, & Artifacts
Do you know how to preserve your family artifacts? Today we’re talking about how to keep those family heirlooms, documents, bibles, newspapers and more… safe and dry for future generations. Today’s guest is known as “The Archives Lady” her name is Melissa Barker. She is a Certified Archives Manager currently working as the Houston County, […]