Feb 2, 2015 | Tips & Hints
If you use Ancestry.com, do you know all the features and areas they provide to you? If not, you might want to spend 5 minutes viewing their video explaining all the offereings on their YouTube Channel with educational tools available through our Learning Center and...
Jan 27, 2015 | Tips & Hints
We have a number of generic tips, helps, forms and other resources under our Local Resources menu.
Jan 26, 2015 | Tips & Hints
Family History Daily published an article on a glossary for genealogists. “Family history research is full of terms that you may never have encountered before you began constructing your tree. Every genealogist, no matter how experienced, will find themselves...
Jan 22, 2015 | Tips & Hints
CFGS member Paul Enchelmayer spoke to us on 10 Ways to be a Better Ancestor. In our December 2014 General Meeting he expanded on this giving us the Next 10 Ways to be a Better Ancestor. These talks covered over 20 possible ways to help future genealogists find you,...
Jan 13, 2015 | Tips & Hints
Melvin Collier on his Roots Revealed blog posted what he feels are 20 Do’s and Don’ts of DNA, based on his experiences. These tips are an excellent summary of what to do and not do when using DNA to find your ancestors. Some of these are very basic such as...
Jan 2, 2015 | Tips & Hints
One of the The In-Depth Genealogist’s Top 10 Posts of 2014 is article titled That Online Tree is NOT a Source!. In this article he states; “We all know we are supposed to cite our sources.” They then go on to explain what a source is. Then they...
