Family mementoes can be a useful tool in your ancestral search.  You can use just about anything that has been passed down from an earlier generation.  One of the most common things to use is a family bible.  Many family bibles have family names, children’s names, family churches and a host of other information.  Sometimes [...]

One of the most important parts of finding your family genealogy is making sure that it is recorded.  This will help when future family members want to find specific information about their family.  It will also help you to know exactly where you left off with recording your history, in case you have to set [...]

Deciding to create a family genealogy requires knowing where to search and how to find accurate information.  One of the problems that will occur when recording family history is finding leads that do not hold true about your history.  Because of this, it is important to know when you have a true lead in your [...]

What’s in a name?  The answer is, quite a bit actually.  If you are beginning a search of your family tree it will help you tremendously to know the history of your family name, or for that matter of the names of other branches of the family.  Many times names were changed when people immigrated [...]

For anyone into genealogy there is nothing more frustrating than doing hours and sometimes day’s worth of research only to find that you have been looking at bad information or even in the wrong family. It is a problem that plagues everyone who has ever dabbled in genealogy and one that you should try to [...]

The key to most genealogists’ success is the location of marriage, birth, and death records. They are sources that are created on the local or town level, but can give you an abundance of information as well as confirmation. For the most part, you probably know that such records are found through the county. However, [...]

Census records may be the single most utilized search tool online for family tree research.  From 1930 back to the founding of the country, the records of every census are available online.  By using census records you may be able to trace your family tree back to when your ancestors first came to this country, [...]

Reconstructing the lives of your dead ancestors is a bit like piecing together a large and complicated puzzle. Luckily, little bits of information are available in many different places if you know where to look. As the old saying goes, two things in everyone’s life are inevitable: death and taxes. By researching these two aspects [...]

When doing ancestral research, be prepared to find a few skeletons hanging around.  Most of us are not blessed with a family tree that is squeaky clean. When doing family research, be prepared to uncover family secrets that you did not know existed.  Here are a few examples of skeletons some researchers have found.
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Have you ever wished you could ask your Great-Uncle George how soldiers felt about World War I or your Great-Aunt Georgina how she weathered the Great Depression? Or perhaps you rue the loss of your Grandmother Gretel’s recipe for delicious German strudel? Family traditions and lore can be completely lost in a generation or two [...]