Ancestry and FamilySearch, FindMyPast or MyHeritage: New Family Tree Trifecta Strategy
NEW! The Trifecta Strategy uses 3 to the Third Power to solve your brick walls. It uses Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org and one other genealogy repository of your choice (like FindMyPast.com or MyHeritage.com). Breakdown those brick walls with this new strategy. The Trifecta Strategy is designed to keep you focused on a path to solving your genealogical […]
AncestryDNA Cousin Matches: Next Steps
Learn how to take the next steps when using AncestryDNA Cousin Matches. This episode picks up where the previous cousin match episode, from a few weeks ago, left off. Now take your DNA cousin matches to the next level in combination with traditional genealogical research. Here we use a real example, a real brick wall, […]
Q & A from AncestryDNA and FindMyPast Recent Episodes
The last two episodes on Genealogy TV “AncestryDNA Cousin Matches” and “Upload to FindMyPast” had a huge response in viewers. As such, there were several questions and comments. In this video I answer some of the questions and comments from recent episodes about AncestryDNA.com and FindMyPast.com.
How &Why to Download a Gedcom File from Ancestry.com (2020)
I get this question all the time, about how to download your family tree. Alternatively, I get the question… How can you download your family tree and upload it to another service? Lastly, why should you download your family tree from Ancestry or any other service? WHAT IS A GEDCOM FILE? Technically it stands for […]
Find-A-Grave: Top 5 Tips for Using Find-A-Grave
Here are my Top 5 Tips when using Find-A-Grave at FindAGrave.com. Cemetery and burial records are another great source for genealogy. In this video I talk about how to search a little differently on the Find A Grave website and some tricks to help you find your ancestors. Find A Grave has millions of tombstones […]
New Book About How to Research Church Records in the U.S.: An Interview with Author Sunny Morton!
Watch the interview with Sunny Morton about her new book on how to find church records in the U.S. ? “How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records: A Genealogist’s Guide: With Specific Resources for Major Christian Denominations before 1900” by Harold A. Henderson and Sunny Jane Morton
10 Reasons to Join Genealogical Societies in the Area You’re Researching
10 Reasons to Join Genealogical Societies in the Area You’re Researching Why should you join the genealogical or historical societies when so much is available online? In this episode, I have 10 reasons why you should join genealogical societies, especially in the locations of your ancestors. To find genealogical societies you can Google it or […]
How to Search Ancestry.com Using Wildcards
Learn how to fine tune your genealogy research results using wildcards on Ancestry.com.
Which is the Best Genealogy Site? Ancestry.com vs. FamilySearch.org: Learn the Power of Using Both!
Which is the better genealogy website, Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org? In this Genealogy TV episode, I’ve got five examples demonstrating the power of using FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com together to amplify your family history search results. Here are the links from this episode. (Some are affiliate links) Ancestry Free Trial https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101l4aFW/creativeref:1011l28781 FamilySearch (always free) https://www.familysearch.org/en/ MyHeritage Free […]