Discover Your Family (Part 2)
In our first Discover Your Family post, we went over signing in and adding everything you know about your family to the Family Tree. If...
Discover Your Family (Part 1)
Are you a new Genealogy! Just Ask! Member, and have you decided to take the leap to discover your family? You will definitely want to...
Fine Tuning My Search!
Many times people post "what is your favorite genealogy site"? "Do you like one site better than another"? Another discussion is about...
Old Name-New Name
Change of Name! Using the Family History Library Catalog! Another good reason to go to your Local Family History Center! Recently I was...
BOOKS! You can never have too many! Where to read online - download – or buy
In these days when we can put a name in a search engine and get dates, links to documents and (purported) family members, is it worth it...
What I Learned Today: About Weeding
I have a garden, it’s big…really big. I love to garden but got behind this last week as we had a family reunion. I like to weed a half...
What is a Brick Wall?
By Jan Edwards Definition of a brick wall: If you hit a brick wall or come up against a brick wall, you are unable to or make progress...
I Love a True Story, Real Photos, and Trees with Sources
By Jan Edwards I love a story that is true, a photo if it’s really them and a tree that has sources and great documentation. I’m going to...
What Can the Living Tell you?
By Jan Edwards When I first began Family History it was in March of 1994. For many when they say they have been doing family history for...
As the Story Goes, Nobody Knows!
By Jan Edwards Many times as a researcher and someone that helps others we hear a very common phrase, “well the story goes”, “I was told...