family tree research

  • Our Ancestors Communication – By Writing

    Mar 21

    Everyone has wished they could speak to a certain ancestor to learn more about them. Since that is not possible in most cases, the best way is through what our ancestors wrote. Not all, but most of our relatives from decades ago communicated by writing. Either by penning their thoughts in a diary, letter or journal more can be learned about that in...

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  • Just Beginning, Try a Collective Listing of Sources

    Mar 19

    You may have been given by a relative a partial family tree with a few names and dates and you would really like to make that tree grow. You just might need one general search site to help you weed through the countless web sites available. At 'Live Roots' they have created a specialized search engine to all online sites with an easy click to acces...

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  • Family Tree Builder Launched by MyHeritage

    Mar 11

    The genealogy website called MyHeritage has just launched some brand new software called Family Tree Builder 5.0. It's free, and easy to use. This software offers you new ways to organize, document, and showcase your family history, and has features that the previous versions did not have. You can download it directly from their website. When I ...

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  • Port of Entry – Castle Garden

    Mar 5

    There were many possible ports of entry into the United States that our ancestors may have gone through in the 19th century. Most people first think of Ellis Island, however that did not serve as a New York entrance port until 1892. Prior to that date it was Castle Garden, also known as Castle Clinton, at the tip of Manhattan, New York City where m...

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  • Where Your Surname or Given Name Might Be Located?

    Mar 3

    You have a long list of family surnames and given names you have collected over the years. One thing that can add an interesting note to that research is where in the world your family name is used in the naming of a town, river, county, province, a hill, a valley, an island, canal, city, mine, creek, mountain, etc. This can be answered with the ...

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  • Online Sharing of Family History

    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 ...

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  • Sharing Your Family Data on ‘TribalPages’

    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...

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  • Searching through Bible Records

    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...

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  • Seeing into Asia – China, Korea, Japan from 1917 to 1932

    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...

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  • Censuses for Ireland 1901 and 1911

    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 ...

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