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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A Close Up Look At Researching The 1880 Census
Researching the 1880 census can reveal clues to jump start your genealogy research. Take a close up look at your ancestors with these tips. The 1880 US Federal census holds much information about your ancestor(s). But…. Are you missing clues within its pages that can jump start your genealogy research? The taking of 1880 Census was authorized to be supervised by, well, “supervisors of the census” . These were presidential appointments and subject to senate confirmation. Each supervisor was in charge of organizing his appointed district, finding the enumerators and supervising the enumerators’ work. What happened when the census enumerator arrived to “count” your ancestors and they were not home?…
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Is Your Ancestor In The Often Overlooked U. S. Federal Non-Population Schedules of 1850-1880?
Non-population schedules of 1850-1880 are important to your genealogy research. Agricultural, mortality and DDD schedules hold info about your ancestors! Let’s jump outside of the genealogy box again and explore the non-population schedules. associated with the 1850 – 1880 U. S. federal census. You know the ones? Those census schedules taken beside the “regular census” in 1850-1880 collecting a variety of additional information on the country’s population. The information you learn about your ancestors on these schedules can add to your understanding of your ancestors. My interest in the federal non-population schedules when researching Panthea Overby Elliott. [Have you noticed I love researching the women in my family tree? .?]…
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Tutorial: How to Research Your Ancestor With a No-Surname Search
This post contain affiliate links. Read my full disclosure policy here. Jesse Haley of Halifax County, VA seemed to disappear from the records for a while in the mid-1800’s. Hmm….did he leave the area? Or was he just hidden in the records? Haley seems like a straight forward name to research with it most common misspelling being “Hailey”. Still, I struggled to find Jesse in the records. Has this happened to you? You might be not be finding your ancestor in search results for a variety of reasons. Why You Might Be Missing Your Ancestors in Your Searches Let’s take a closer look at how to perform an ancestor search…
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You Got Your DNA Test Results – Now What?!
DNA test results are anxiously awaited by many genealogy researchers. After all, when – not if – we hit that brick wall in the search for our ancestor, DNA testing can provide clues to our questions. That was just the case with my 5th great grandfather Cagebeth White. For many years, Cagebeth was my genealogical brick wall. (Aspects of his life still are!) Having an unusual first name paired with a common surname, he was relatively easy to track in the records. Figuring out how he fit in among the other White families of North Carolina and Virginia was not so easy. DNA testing of White family descendants on several…