Dec 4, 2015 | Tips & Hints
How Search Works (video) Every Word Matters Word Order Matters (video): The particular sequence of terms you put into your query can shift the meaning (and the results) quite a bit. If you are not seeing the results you want change the order. Searches are bot case...
Dec 3, 2015 | Genealogy 101, Tips & Hints
The Board for Certification of Genealogists in their SpringBoard Blog has stated “we must at least consider genetic genealogy as part of our reasonably exhaustive research. Not all projects require DNA testing, but some will benefit from it, and others will be...
Nov 25, 2015 | Genealogy 101, Tips & Hints
Have you ever wondered what something means in the US Census? Why did the Census Taker record things the way they were recorded? Now you can find out! The US Census Office has released a guide to the US Census that provides instructions the Census Takers were told and...
Nov 19, 2015 | Genealogy 101, Tips & Hints
On Saturday November 14 we held a combined meeting of the Family Tree Maker and the Computer Genealogy Groups. The topic was Using a Genealogy Program – If you Were Starting Over, What Would You Do Different. Although it was presented from the standpoint of a...
Oct 20, 2015 | Tips & Hints
Microsoft OneNote free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration. It gathers users’ notes (handwritten or typed), drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries. Notes can be shared with other OneNote users over the Internet or a network. Note...
Oct 16, 2015 | Tips & Hints
Written by Walter Dowling Wood Dick Eastman mentioned this in an article in his newsletter recently. This is a Library of Congress site that digitizes newspapers and make them available. Using this website you can search America’s historic newspaper pages from...
