Genealogy Tips and 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 queries you can use as a...

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...

"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. "If you're...

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,...

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 family...

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. Here is...

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...

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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 pulling...

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,...