How To Find NEW Records on the BIG Four (4) Genealogy Databases
Are you regularly checking the big four genealogy databases for newly added records? If not, you are missing out on potential clues to finding your ancestors. I missed some important genealogy clues early on in my genealogy research and wasted research time needlessly. Why? Because new records were added to the genealogy databases such as Ancestry.com and FamilySearch, and I did not know about those. Rookie mistake, right? I don’t want this to happen to you, my friend. Let’s Talk About the Genealogy Databases Genealogy researchers refer to FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast and MyHeritage as “The Big 4” in terms of genealogy databases. Genealogy databases in general will update regularly with…
How To Organize Bookmarks in Chrome For Genealogy Research
Streamline your genealogy research by learning how to organize bookmarks in chrome! Tips to make you a more efficient genealogy researcher. Organizing our genealogy research seems to have been a popular topic on researchers minds lately. It’s been on mine, too, but I’m an organizing junkie. [I know, that’s weird!] Anyhoo….. have you considered your bookmarks on your computer? I used to have a bad habit of bookmarking a website and just saving all my bookmarks in the general bookmark folder on my Google toolbar. Could I ever find – or remember – what I had bookmarked? Of course not! So, I fixed that little problem and streamlined my genealogy…
Seeking Connection: The Importance of Family History
Seeking connection through family history is the goal of genealogy researchers. Learn how to get started finding your ancestors. Family can mean different things to different people. For some, it means to be with people who understand and accept you unconditionally. For others, it is strictly those to whom they have a biological connection. Some of us don’t have ideal families, while others couldn’t imagine their life without family. Most often, though, it’s a mixture of each of these types of relationships. When I think about my most ideal family relationships, I think of my dad’s Germans-from-Russia Mennonite cousins, double cousins, aunts and uncles, grandparents… you get the idea. It’s…
Your Guide to Finding An Ancestor’s Date of Death
Finding an ancestor’s date of death is crucial to a genealogy researcher’s search. Learn how to find records of your ancestor’s death. Meet Reuben Richardson. Reuben lived his entire life in Pittsylvania and Halifax Counties, Va. and died in 1917. Oral history reported Reuben died in the First World War. Family history supported that. The few records he appeared in supported the fact, but none actually proved his death date or place of death. A death certificate was no where to be found, So, why could I not find evidence of his death? As a new genealogy researcher, I put too much faith in my family’s knowledge of events no…
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