May 25, 2015 | Tips & Hints
I came across an interesting article today on the website City Lab (from The Atlantic magazine) about Sanborn Maps. The article is titled Accidental Revelations of Sanborn Maps: How maps created for fire insurers show the evolution of cities. Although the article is...
May 22, 2015 | Tips & Hints
From Dick Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter May 20, 2015. Used by permission. There’s a lot more you can do with Google than just searching the entire Internet. For instance, you can search for web pages added to Google’s indexes within a range...
May 8, 2015 | Tips & Hints
From Genealogy by Barry – Barry J. Ewell writes on the topics of genealogy & family history. Download the PDF “Free PDF Download: 100+ Internet Search Queries for Genealogists” for free. This tutorial provides 100+ valuable internet search...
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....