How To Trace Your Family Tree
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Avoid This Critical Genealogy Mistake in Your Research
Avoid this critical genealogy mistake in your research. Learn how to find your ancestors, build your family tree and skip costly errors in your research. They say confession is good for the soul. Well, I have a genealogy confession to make….. I missed a critical clue in the search for my 4th great grandmother and a significant amount of research time pursuing the wrong family line or just plain stuck. Whew! I guess I do feel better. 😊 Here’s the background story….. Starting my genealogy research, I inquired of family of any information they could share. Turns out my family knew a lot through oral history. I quickly had the…
What Everyone Ought To Know About Census Research
Everything you need to know to get the most out of your census research and find your ancestors. Your genealogy research will get a boost! Census records are some of the first records genealogy researchers begin with. Let’s face it. Finding your ancestor on a census record – or even yourself in those census pages – gives you a little thrill. It’s like a mini-version of the genealogy happy dance! Let’s get back to those census records for a little refresher. Whether you are a seasoned genealogy researcher or a brand new researcher, understanding the basics of census research is essential to finding your ancestors. While the examples in this…
Help! I Can’t Find My Ancestor In the Census Record!
Do you find yourself saying, “I can’t find my ancestor in the census?” Use these strategies and alternative genealogical records to find your missing ancestors. You know your ancestor is supposed to be in that census record. But…he/she is not. What happened? Did the census taker miss your ancestor in his rounds? Was your ancestor not home? Was your ancestor hiding out from the world? Or did the census record simply not survive for your ancestor’s location? Any number of reasons could exist for why you are not finding an ancestor in a particular census. If this happens to you – and it will! – as a researcher, you DO…
Everything You Need To Know To Find Who Your Ancestors Are
Trying to find who your ancestors are? Learn how to start your genealogy research, where to find your ancestors’ records, the tech and more. Researching who our ancestors are started out as just a fun thing to do on a hot summer afternoon when my children were bored. We quickly made some fun discoveries and the passion for genealogy research began. But…. I really didn’t know how to start our research. I made a lot of mistakes. [By this point the children were more interested in Mom doing the research. ] I quickly learned that finding my ancestors required learning how to research. Turns out I love the process of…
