Oct 20
A genealogy researcher, Stephen P. Morse, created alternate ways of accessing some of these genealogical websites. In addition, he developed some of his own databases and programs to facilitate doing genealogical research. These are all collected together under what he has called the 'One-Step' website. Morse developed the One-Step website and...
Oct 20
A genealogical web site maintained by Ancestry.com is Genealogy.com. It has been established for many years and offers researchers several options. First, a family tree can be created and saved on the site. Next, there are numerous databases to do research online with Genealogy.com. Some of their long-standing databases include: World Fami...
Oct 19
Originally a tribal group of people from the northern portion of Europe (Scandinavia area) who spread their language and culture to many regions in Europe by 200 to 300 A. D. Their Germanic languages would become dominant in present-day nations of Germany, Belgium, England, Netherland and Austria. Those who spread further south and west in Europe...
Oct 19
The continent of Europe is a multitude of very assorted cultures, people, languages, regions, histories and customs. Because of such diverse when looking at European genealogy, it is difficult to identify one or two common cultural themes or values as purely European. The history of Europe, from the north to the east to the southern end has been...
Oct 18
Back in 1971, Michael Hart, developed the idea of the today’s popular e-book (electronic books) being accessible on the Internet. He then elaborated the concept into Project Gutenberg. Maintaining the project is done by volunteers. They take the printed work and put it into digital format. The goal is to provide as many eBooks, in as many format...
Oct 18
Another idea is to use the word ’allintitle’ (all in title) then a colon and the phrase such as Bridge genealogy. The example is: allintitle: Bridge genealogy. Google will find the requested phrase, capture some additional genealogy web pages about the surname usually buried deep in the search results. The tilde ~ symbol is Google's newest o...
Oct 18
Google as a search engine on the Internet has become an invaluable tool for family history researchers. This powerful search engine produces accurate and relevant search results, plus being particularly flexible. The key is the search keywords that are placed in the search box. You want the words that are most likely to appear on the web page yo...
Oct 18
Family history researchers with the same surname you’re investigating can produce some of the most valuable sources by reaching out to link up. Between family heirlooms, diaries and Bible records to the research done by other people, a wealth of information can be learned and shared. The following are some of the most fruitful places to start ...
Oct 18
After you have started investigating into your family history, you could develop a kindred feeling or spiritual bond with a certain ancestor. You may have known them when you were younger or they could have lived years before your birth. It is this unusual connection and longing to learn as much as possible about a particular relative that almost...
Oct 18
There is a vast assortment of websites created over the last 15 years to aid the genealogical researcher. The following is an essential list of fee-based web sites that should become familiar to every researcher. The major advantage for using a subscription database is the time it saves rather than writing to repositories, churches, libr...