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Easy Tips for Tracing Your Family Tree
If the idea of creating a family tree brings you nothing but bewilderment, let me help you get started with my beginner’s tips to finding your ancestors. Together, we’ll build that tree. Gather What...
View Article30 Questions to Use for Family History Interviews
A top priority for any family historian should be to preserve the oral history and stories of the persons in their lives still living, including parents, aunts and uncles, and especially elderly...
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10 Genealogy Newbie Mistakes to Avoid
The majority of what I know about proper standards regarding genealogical research techniques I learned the hard way. I didn’t have anyone to teach me, so I made a number of mistakes and years later I...
View ArticleA new app called StoryCorps puts conversations online and preserves them in...
While you’re all together this Thanksgiving, make recording family history a priority. A new smartphone app, called StoryCorps, not only makes it easier to record one-on-one interviews with your loved...
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What DNA Test Should I Take? Part 1: An Introduction To The Three Available...
The most common question I am asked about genealogy or family research is, “What DNA test should I take?” This week, I have received a couple of emails from friends and family members asking what test...
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What DNA Test Should I Take? Part 3: Recommendations Based on Research Goals.
I don’t claim to be a genetic DNA expert. The subject matter is so complicated I still feel like a newbie and I’m still learning daily. But I HAVE learned much and I’m happy to pass on my knowledge....
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How to Upload FTDNA Raw Data Files to GEDmatch
Yesterday, I realized that I needed to re-upload my husband’s Family Tree DNA results to GEDmatch.com. For those not familiar with GEDmatch, it is a wonderful, collaborative website that “provides DNA...
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Data Entry Guidelines for Your Family Pedigree Chart
If you are new to family research, you are probably new to filling out pedigree charts or creating a family tree. Whether you are hand filling out a paper chart or entering data into fields in a...
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Today’s Discovery: My Newfound Facebook Friend (and Cousin) Who Lives In...
It is stated that if you go far enough back in time, for enough generations, you will find that we’re all related. So true. However, it IS fun to make the connections and figure out exactly where and...
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“I’m an adoptee. Can you help me find my bio parents?”
Yes, it IS possible for you to find them! The use of genetic genealogy— defined as DNA testing in combination with traditional genealogy to trace lineages—has transformed the ability of adoptees, those...
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Don’t rely on transcriptions of documents for your research. Study the...
Last week, I was in a bit of a hurry. Researching on the fly is never a good idea. One doesn’t do one’s best work that way. What was I doing wrong? Failing to study a document for myself when...
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