Mar 1
For the thousands of family history researchers with even a trace of Scottish heritage, the WorldGenWeb Project has the Scottish version which is an absolutely essential for anyone looking for their Scottish roots. The free resource and reference information on Scotland and its people was developed in 1997 and called ScotlandGenWeb Project. Some...
Feb 27
Working on one's family tree is fascinating for the researcher never knows what they may uncover next in their quest. Just like networking in the business world is helpful, so is sharing and exchanging information with fellow researchers. So much can be learned when you share your own family tree branches. With the Internet and online genealogy ...
Feb 25
There are numerous genealogy sites for researchers to create, maintain and share their family tree online with others. One of the Internet sites is 'TribalPages' where the family historian can set up their family tree and also have privacy in reference to the information submitted. TribalPages have approximately 300,000 members with some 80 million...
Feb 23
When researching the family history, using primary and secondary sources is essential. It has been a traditional practice for families to make a written recording of major family events such as births, marriages and deaths in the large family bible. Most Bibles even had special blanks pages within the Bible for such recordings. The closer to the ac...
Feb 21
Whether you are the family historian or a lover of erotic places, there is an online database of some 5,000 photos that capture scenes of China, Korea, Japan and and Russia between the years of 1917 to 1932. At the Duke University Internet site, in their digital collection, the photos taken by Sidney D. Gamble covering four separate trips to Asia a...
Feb 19
The National Archives of Ireland has made available free online in digital format the Irish censuses for 1901 and 1911. The search page is easy to use. You can select which census year; 1901 or 1911 and place just a surname if desired. If it is a common Irish name, more details, such as a given name, male or female or approximate age in the census ...
Feb 17
Many people at the end of the American Civil War decided to start fresh in a new land. The Dakota Territory, 1861 to 1889, which would later makeup North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana and Wyoming became the new home of many people who once lived east of the Mississippi River. There were new settlers from the Union Northern states as well ...
Feb 15
Part of the fun of genealogy is the possibility, remote as it may be, to locate a celebrity, a well-known person, a historical figure or even royalty in one's family tree. It is not until one does a descent search can hope to locate an famous ancestor. There are several online sources to begin such a search. In the Genealogy.com site, they have ...
Feb 13
An online collection of submitted family names, photos, documents, dates, locations, etc. is presented on the site 'We Relate'. This is a free Wiki sharing genealogy site, with nearly 2 million names in the database. It is maintained by the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy and Allen County Public Library of Indiana. The basic formula is to have ...
Feb 11
During World War II, everyone in the United States was affected between 1941 and 1945. The most notable were the men and women who served in one of the United States military branches. The online fee-based site of Ancestry.com, has its Young American Patriots Collection which is based on those service personnel from certain states. Those states ...
Feb 9
During the course of your family history research you noted the numerous hometowns where your ancestors lived. They may have resided in a small community, a modest-sized town or large city. You may have the name of the town, but not know which county it was situated in. How about any neighboring communities, are you familiar with those places? More...
Feb 8
The BYU of Idaho educational department has gathered an index of marriages from the western region of the United States. This collection of over 699,938 marriage records are gathered from several sources. The online database has a good search engine. The states included in the index are Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada, New Mex...
Feb 7
Starting your family tree is a deceptively simple sounding task. If you are new to genealogy, you might be unaware of where to find the data that you need in order to fill out even the least complex versions of a family tree template. It is easy to become overwhelmed by the amount of work that may be ahead of you. Before you get discouraged, you sh...
Feb 6
The internet is an excellent tool for people who are trying to get in touch with long lost family members. Usually, we hear stories about people who have used the social networking website Facebook to locate and reconnect with the relatives that they have lost contact with. It seems that the YouTube website is useful for that purpose as well. A wom...
Feb 5
The BYU Family History Library has a lot of resources that would interest genealogists. It's located in Utah, and is connected with the popular FamilySearch website. It also seems to be connected with the Harold B Lee Library. You can visit the physical libraries themselves if you want to. I would suggest checking the website before you go, because...