How To Trace Your Family Tree
Wondering how to trace your family tree? Find genealogy how-to articles to successfully find your ancestors and build your family tree. Finding your ancestors does not have to overwhelming, but it does take time. Learning step by step is the key to successful genealogy research. Here at Are You My Cousin? you will learn:
- How to start your research the right way (Hint: It's with a plan!)
- How to progress your research forward
- How to find and use both common and uncommon genealogy records.
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31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Mortality Schedules
Are you familiar with the 1850-1880 mortality schedules? July is completely focused on providing you with genealogy tips that are …..well,….”out of the box”. Welcome to DAY 17 of the 31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips series! Need to start at the beginning of the series or catch up? Start here. DAY 17 – Explore the Mortality Schedules Having trouble finding an ancestor’s death date? Today’s tip is quick, but oh so important! Mortality schedules can hold the clue to your ancestor’s death date and other information on your ancestor. The mortality schedule is one of the non-population schedules created for specific census years. For the census…
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31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Civil War Veterans Homes Records
July is completely focused on providing you with genealogy tips that are …..well,….”out of the box”. Welcome to DAY 14 of the 31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips series! Need to start at the beginning of the series or catch up? Start here. DAY 14 – Explore Civil War Veterans Homes Records! Homes to care for aged and disabled veterans began as early as 1811 when Congress approved a national home for Navy veterans. [Construction of the home did not start until 1827.] While the federal government created and supported “old soldiers” homes many states (if not most) were run by the states. Records were kept for…
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31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Facebook Groups
July 2018 is completely focused on providing you with genealogy tips that are …..well,….”out of the box”. Welcome to DAY 9 of the 31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips series! Need to start at the beginning of the series or catch up? Start here. DAY 9 – Join a Facebook Group! Social media has a way of bringing genealogy researchers together. Facebook groups are a great way to bring researchers who are interested in specific research topics together for discussion in an online forum. Some groups are simply focused on general genealogy topics while others are focused on more specific topics. Specific topics might include: A…
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3 Powerful Time-Saving Tips for Successful Genealogy Research
This post contain affiliate links. Read my full disclosure policy here. Genealogy research is time consuming. No one will dispute that. Part of the problem is us, though. (Notice I’m including myself here, too.) We fail to make the best use of our time while researching. Let’s take a closer look at how we can save time and be more productive researchers. 3 Powerful Time-Saving Tips for Successful Genealogy Research! 1. Use a Timer! Now I know this seems very simplistic, but that’s why a using a timer works! Do you only have 20 minutes to research? Set the timer for 20 minutes. This does 2 things: As a bonus…