Genealogy Research
<span style="color: #808080;"><em>Explore genealogy research tips designed to help you get the most out of your research. Find tutorials and in-depth posts on all things genealogy.</em></span> Successful genealogy research requires solid research skills. Don't let that thought overwhelm you! [We're not in high school anymore. No grades will be given.] Like you, we all want to connect to our past through our ancestors. We want the current generations of our family to be grounded in their family history. We want to build and document the family tree for future generations to come. Let <a href="https://lisalisson.com/"> Are You My Cousin?</a> take you through tutorials and teach you how to find your ancestors and build your family tree. You will find articles on research strategies, where and how to find the records your ancestors generated, and how to analyze those records. I want to make sure you are not missing out on potential genealogical clues to finding your ancestors. Most importantly, I want to help you not be overwhelmed! You will also learn about uncommon genealogy resources and how to think <a href="https://lisalisson.com/2017/03/20/6-out-of-the-box-genealogy-resources/">"outside of the genealogy box"</a>. Solving brick wall ancestor problems can require uncommon strategies. You will find a mixture of guides and tutorials on the website. Learn from tutorials such as: <ul> <li><a href="https://lisalisson.com/how-to-do-free-genealogy-research/">How To Do Free Genealogy Research on Ancestry.com</a> Yes, genealogy does not have to be expensive.</li> <li><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2016/10/24/how-to-determine-your-ancestors-birth-date-even-if-no-birth-record-is-found/">How To Determine Your Ancestor's Birth Date (Even When No Birth Records Exists)</a></li> <li><a href="https://lisalisson.com/guide-to-cemetery-research/">Your Guide To Cemetery Research – Are You Missing Important Genealogical Clues?</a> [One of our most popular posts!]</li> </ul>
Researching Female Ancestors? You Can Overcome Those Research Roadblocks!
Trouble researching female ancestors? Learn how to find those elusive females in your family tree with these genealogy research strategies. Her name is Joanna Barrett. Or is it? Is Barrett her maiden name or a married name? If a married name, is it from a first or second marriage? All I really know before Joanna ended up in Surry County, North Carolina, is that she was born in Ireland and had a daughter – also named Joanna – in America. Joanna is a brick wall female ancestor. We all have brick wall ancestors, and many of those brick walls represent female ancestors. While you might want to throw your hands…
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Use Social History in Genealogy Research – Telling Your Ancestors’ Stories
Social history in genealogy research tells the stories of our ordinary ancestors’ lives. [I like to think my ordinary ancestors were extraordinary in their own right.] Social history tells the stories of how our ancestors lived, worked and played. Understanding how our ancestors lived on a day to day basis, we can begin to understand how they made their life decisions. Choices such as: What occupation they chose When and if they moved to a new location Where they moved to Who they married Understanding the influences on our ancestors’ lives leads to more clues in our genealogy research. Often times we overlook the clues social history offers us as…
Your Guide To Cemetery Research – Are You Missing Important Genealogical Clues?
As a genealogy researcher, I spend a lot of time in cemeteries. I expect you do, too. Now it’s confession time….. Early in my genealogy research days, I would aimlessly wander about a cemetery looking for my ancestor. Once I found the gravestone, I took a photograph of the front and then I left. Doing cemetery research this way, I missed so much important genealogical information! [Maybe the title of this post should be “Don’t Research Like I Did!”] Fast forward to present day, and I come away from cemetery research with a lot of information on my ancestors. I created this guide to cemetery research to show you how…
