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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How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research
City directories are an overlooked resource in genealogy research, offering year-by-year insights into your ancestors' lives. This guide explores how to find and analyze these directories, helping you uncover vital details about your family history and break down those stubborn brick walls.
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Genealogy For Beginners – Start Finding Your Ancestors!
Genealogy may seem like a complicated process for the newbie, but the first steps - those beginner genealogy steps - are not. The first steps in genealogy are fairly straight forward and we'll get your started off right.
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Across Oceans and Generations: Discovering Your Immigrant Ancestry
Embarking on a journey through time, we uncover the tapestry of our immigrant forebears' history. Ship passenger lists serve as time capsules, offering glimpses into their departure, voyage, and arrival. Naturalization records hold the key to their American journey, providing a window into their aspirations for a new homeland. Beyond official documents, we turn to the communities they forged, seeking solace among kindred spirits and forming networks that transcended borders. Churches, synagogues, and other houses of worship became beacons of familiarity in a foreign land. Newspapers of the era provide contemporary accounts, breathing life into their voyage. We scrutinize names, dates, and anecdotes, drawing threads of connection between past and…
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How to Make Sense of Those Tick Marks on Pre-1850 Census Records
Pre-1850 census records can be a valuable resource for genealogists, even though they only list the head of the household by name. With careful analysis, you can learn a lot about your ancestors' lives from these records, including the size and composition of their households, their ages, and their communities.