Happy New Year! Create Genealogy Research Goals for 2020

Happy New Year! Create New Genealogy Research Goals for 2020

With this Tiny Tip Tuesday… get inspired to write down your research goals and plans for 2020. With research goals, you create research questions, with research questions, you can create research plans, with research plans you develop places to look for your ancestors, but it all starts with what do you want to know about […]

FamilySearch.org: 5 Tips for Free Genealogy Research (2020)

In this video, I show you my five favorite ways to do genealogy research in 2020 on the totally free website FamilySearch.org, but I also show you how I use these FamilySearch tools together to maximize your results. Connie’s Method for Using FamilySearch.org First pick a primary location for your tree and research. Whether it […]

5 Tips on How to Read Old Documents: Paleography

Five tips for reading old handwriting in 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 Books Every Genealogist Should Have

5 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

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

How to Archive Your Family History Documents, Photos, & Artifacts

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, […]