Apr 11
Genealogy is the study of the past. People search for information about relatives who have passed away and ancestors they have never met. However, genealogy is also affected by new discoveries, technology, and updated terminology. Here are some words you should add to your genealogy dictionary. Many families are made up of people who are either ...
Apr 9
We have all been there ... an ancestor you just can not gather any information about. In such a case, first never give up. Many answers can be found. So the following are a few approaches you many not have tried yet and need to attempt. Do research in locations that are not solely online. The Internet genealogical databases still do not have all d...
Apr 7
GenealogyInTime Magazine is one of the largest independent and free genealogy websites in the world. Their independence allows them to provide valuable, honest, information. They are more than just a magazine. They are also a genealogy platform that has tools and resources to help people find their ancestors. Every year, GenealogyInTime Magazine...
Apr 1
The newest season American version of 'Who Do You Think You Are?' (WDYTYA) starts Sunday, April 3rd at 9 pm E / 18 pm C. It is on the TLC channel. The show helps celebrities find their family background - family history. In turn it shows the general public different methods for locating their ancestors. The names of celebrities to be fe...
Mar 31
When doing your family history research you look for primary vital records. Those are the birth certificates, marriage licenses, divorce papers and death certificates official filled out at the time of each event by a government agency. These are also known as primary sources, the best for getting accurate information of names, places and dates. K...
Mar 31
MyHeritage has introduced something new. It is called Record Detective II and it is a significant upgrade over the original Record Detective. Genealogists who use MyHeritage can use Record Detective II to advance their family history research further than ever before. Record Detective the original, was launched in 2013. It was described as a “...
Mar 28
MyHeritage is a well known genealogy website that can be used for free. (Those who want access to additional things can pay a subscription). Like many other websites, MyHeritage has its own mobile app, which they update with new features from time to time. Now, you can record your relatives with the MyHeritage App. In January of 2016, MyHeritage...
Mar 27
There are nearly 18,000 records for state rosters of American Revolutionary War soldiers and sailors from the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Vermont, and Virginia available on FamilySearch.org. It covers the years of 1775 to 1783. Each of the six colonies or territories are different in the type of information p...
Mar 25
FamilySearch.org has indexed an additional 3.7 million Cook County, Illinois death records. These records date from 1878 to 1939 and 1955 to 1994 (although the records are missing for the city of Chicago death records for the years 1910 to 1915). This collection can be searched by first name, last name, gender and race. Access is free. Mos...
Mar 21
You probably won't have to dig too far back into your family history to discover that some of your ancestors were born outside of the United States. You might already know what countries some of them originated from. Your ancestors were immigrants. Around the year 1000, a small number of Vikings came to what would later be called The United Stat...