14 of the Best Genealogy Tips to Find Your Ancestors
Fourteen of the best genealogy tips to move your genealogy research forward and find your ancestors. Which is your favorite tip? Long time readers know I have a second passion in addition to genealogy. I’m an avid runner! I started running only 5 years ago as a way to get more exercise and discovered I absolutely love running. On a recent run, I came up with the idea of presenting 2 weeks – 14 days – of genealogy tips on the Are You My Cousin? Facebook page. One Facebook Live everyday for 14 days with a new tip each day. In case you missed any or were not able to…
Heritage Travel 101: How to Begin to Plan a Heritage Trip
It was a handwritten map. One my new-to-me cousin drew it out on the back of his mother’s lunch menu. If I followed the map I would drive past past the river my grandmother and her cousins swam in. I would find the church where the family attended for generations were buried. I would find the home place and stand where my great great grandparents lived and worked. Scuffletown, Virginia. Not exactly a tourist destination, but a destination my family history took me. Heritage travel , also know as heritage tourism, is a fast growing area of the travel industry. The rise in DNA testing and the growth of genealogy…
Discover Your Ancestors Using MyHeritage – The How, Why & Tips!
Discover your ancestors using the powerful genealogy research tools at MyHeritage. Don’t miss searching 12+ billion historical records for your ancestors. ***Please note that this post contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission if you decide to purchase a product/service. This does not cost you extra. Be assured I only recommend products/services that I use and think you would like too. Read my disclosure policy and privacy policy. Finding our ancestors in no easy feat at times. In our effort to be efficient and accurate, we must make frequent decisions about our genealogy research. Which records should I research? Where are those records? Is online research vs…
How Joanna Gaines Made Me a Better Genealogy Researcher
Become a better genealogy researcher by following the principles of popular DIY home improvement shows such as Fixer Upper. My daughter and I love to binge watch old Fixer Upper episodes with Chip and Joanna Gaines. The couple takes the worst looking houses and turns them into beautiful family homes – all within an hour! After seeing umpteen episodes, the thought occurred to me: Renovating a house and genealogy research have a lot in common! Dare I say, I’m a better genealogy researcher, because I watch DIY home shows?! [Stay with me! I’m really not crazy.] Vision and Inspiration for the Genealogy Research Fixer Upper opens up with a couple…
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