Feb 26, 2015 | Tips & Hints
Family historians are presented with many tools in the category of Genetics and DNA. At 2014 Rootstech Jim Rader presented a session on Introduction to DNA for Genealogists. This hour long session introduces the concepts and methods used in applying DNA results to...
Feb 20, 2015 | Tips & Hints
“Have you ever needed to scan a document and did not have a copier handy but you did have your smartphone or tablet? The people at Life Hacker have an article you need to read on how to do this. They provide a solution for both Android and Apple devices....
Feb 20, 2015 | Tips & Hints
The folks over at Family History Daily have a new article titled 50 Free Genealogy Sites to Search Today. “Looking for a list of free genealogy sites to search? Here are 50 no-cost family history resources where you will find birth, marriage and death records,...
Feb 10, 2015 | Tips & Hints
Ancestry.com has a page where you can enter a surname to find the meaning and history of that name. Some of the interesting facts you’ll learn about your surname: Meaning and History Where your family lived in the U.S. and U.K. Average life expectancy When your...
Feb 5, 2015 | Tips & Hints
The following article originally appeared in Dick Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter 1 February 2015 A newsletter reader sent an interesting question this week, asking where to donate newly-found documents that may be of interest to many other genealogists....
