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    Celebrate Family History Month!!!

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      October is Family History Month and I am celebrating here at Are You My Cousin?. Would you like to join in the celebration? Join me and my fabulous fellow genealogists in celebrating….and we have PRIZES! Every week in October we are hosting a giveaway including a GRAND prize on October 31st. Click here to find the giveaway.  Giveaway now CLOSED. [Don’t miss the opportunity to  earn extra entries.]

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    Newspaper society pages can be a wealth of genealogy information. Weddings, family visits, church events, and more can provide clues to use in your genealogy research. #genealogy #genealogytips #areyoumycousin #ancestors #familyhistory

    31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Society Pages!

    July 4, 2018
    How to organize genealogy research is a common question. Researching at home or on the go, the best genealogy organization system is one you use regularly.

    How To Organize Genealogy Research On The Go

    January 22, 2018
    Have you explred school records for your ancestors? Did you know these can serve as a partial alternative to the loss of the 1890 census? Learn how to find your ancestors in the school records.

    Getting Started With School Records for Genealogy Research

    August 4, 2016
  • If your ancestor appears on the non-population schedules, you have a unique opportunity to learn more about them as individuals and their role in their community. In addition, the information you learn from a non-population schedule can point you to new clues and record sources not previously searched.
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    Is Your Ancestor In The Often Overlooked Non-Population Schedules of 1850-1880?

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    This post contain affiliate links.  Read my full disclosure policy here. Let’s jump outside of the genealogy box again and explore non-population schedules. You know the ones?  Those census schedukes taken beside the “regular census” in 1850-1880 collecting a variety of additional information. In the 1880 census, my GGG grandmother Panthea Overby Elliott is listed as “insane”. The Elliott family includes her husband Elias Elliott, 7 children, and a housekeeper. The youngest child was just 1 year old. Panthea…..insane?! Hmm….. could I learn more about her and what this “insane” designation meant for her? Yes. Yes, I can! For this part of my research, I needed to explore the Non-Population…

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    Help for finding your ancestors in the absence of the 1890 census.

    The 1890 Census – Researching AROUND the “Genealogy Black Hole” – Part 2

    December 19, 2016
    Using City Directories is an important genealogy research strategy for finding brick wall ancestors. Many free online directories can be found! #genealogy #citydirectories #ancestors

    How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research

    July 10, 2017
    Road records can be a fabulous resource for genealogy researchers. Learn about your ancestors' location and neighbors that become important to your research #genealogy #areyoumycousin #ancestry #roadrecords

    31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Road Records

    July 26, 2018
  • Genealogy tips and musings to gleaned from the NGS 2017 Family History Conference. Make your genealogy research more successful.
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    Genealogy Tips From NGS 2017 Family History Conference – Part 2

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      Day 3 of the NGS 2017 Family History Conference and I have switched to my  running shoes!  (Read that as comfy shoes.)  That just means I am making tracks to see  and talk to as many genealogy folks as I can. Roller skates might be helpful….. More Genealogy Tips and Gleanings…….. This is a hodgepodge of tips thoughts, and impressions of the conference  so far. Research How To Research. This is a theme I am hearing woven throughout lectures and conversations each day.  Essentially, before you dive into researching an ancestor, learn what records exist for their time and place. Learn the culture of the time. Otherwise you could…

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    Are you getting the most out of your cemetery research? Are you finding all of the possible clues to help you jump start your genealogy research? #genealogy #genealogytips #areyoumycousin #ancestors #familyhistory

    31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Cemetery Research

    July 3, 2018
    Census records are some of the first records genealogy researchers utilize. Are you understanding all of the details and clues in a census year?

    How To Get The Most Out of Your Census Records Research

    November 6, 2017
    Using PicMonkey to edit images of historical documents used in genealogy research and make them easier to read and analyze. The document can be cropped, highlighted, sharpened, enlarged....Many possibilities exist to make your document more easily read.

    How Picmonkey Will Aide Your Genealogy Research

    October 1, 2016
  • A lot of genealogy talk is happening at the NGS 2017 Family History Conference. I'm sharing some "genealogy gleanings" and thoughts from Day 1 of the conference in the video below.
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    Genealogy Gleanings From NGS 2017 Family History Conference – Part 1

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      {This post contains affiliate links.  See full disclosure here.} Do you attend genealogy conferences? Big ones or small ones? You know the best part thing about attending a genealogy conference? Talking genealogy all day without seeing any eyes glaze over! 🙂 A lot of genealogy talk is happening at the NGS 2017 Family History Conference. I’m sharing some “genealogy gleanings”  and thoughts from Day 1 of the conference in the video below. Just so you know……that’s a real North Carolinian accent! (In case you missed it, I’m officially part of the conference social media team. ) Links mentioned in the video MyHeritage DNA AncestryDNA FamilyTreeDNA Genetic Genealogy in Practice…

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    The 1890 Census – How To Research the “Genealogy Black Hole” Part 1

    December 12, 2016

    How To Research Your Common Surname Ancestors

    October 17, 2016
    Explore school records to enhance your genealogy research. Not often used, school records include school census records and annual reports and more! #genealogy #genealogytips #areyoumycousin #ancestors #familyhistory

    31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – School Records

    July 13, 2018
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Wonderful Detailed Reports

“After both my parents died, I thought my links to my family history were lost forever. I turned to a genealogy website to try to track down information about my heritage, and found evidence that I qualified to be a Daughter of the American Revolution. Knowing that the official paperwork would require documentation of my ancestors, I turned to Lisa Lisson (no relation) for assistance. She helped track down the links between my Patriot ancestor and me, and helped me to submit my documents to become a Daughter of the American Revolution. Lisa also sent me wonderful detail-filled reports on different members of my family. I have built quite a collection of reprints of family history books based on the sources she found. Lisa’s reports and my book collection will be a resource for my young nephews when they get older and begin asking about where they came from. I can share stories of Puritans and farmers and witchcraft and Irish butchers and Indian raids and pioneers!” 

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2016-09-05T15:10:44-04:00

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“After both my parents died, I thought my links to my family history were lost forever. I turned to a genealogy website to try to track down information about my heritage, and found evidence that I qualified to be a Daughter of the American Revolution. Knowing that the official paperwork would require documentation of my ancestors, I turned to Lisa Lisson (no relation) for assistance. She helped track down the links between my Patriot ancestor and me, and helped me to submit my documents to become a Daughter of the American Revolution. Lisa also sent me wonderful detail-filled reports on different members of my family. I have built quite a collection of reprints of family history books based on the sources she found. Lisa’s reports and my book collection will be a resource for my young nephews when they get older and begin asking about where they came from. I can share stories of Puritans and farmers and witchcraft and Irish butchers and Indian raids and pioneers!” 
https://lisalisson.com/testimonials/wonderful-detailed-reports/

A Partner In Research

I have been a family history researcher for over 30 years ever since my father left me his notes on his family.   Since then I have worked with a number of other researchers who have helped me find good sources as I am a stickler for documentary proof of facts.
I consider myself very fortunate to have come in contact with Lisa Lisson.  She is diligent and clever about finding those small bits of data that connect people in obscure past records.  Beyond that, Lisa is a joy to work with, adaptable, insightful and flexible.  She takes a suggestion and works it into a plan of action adapted to my schedule and budget.  Above all she is honest about what is possible and prudent in terms of cost and results.   I have come to consider her a partner in my work.

Jim S.

2016-09-05T15:17:32-04:00

Jim S.

I have been a family history researcher for over 30 years ever since my father left me his notes on his family.   Since then I have worked with a number of other researchers who have helped me find good sources as I am a stickler for documentary proof of facts. I consider myself very fortunate to have come in contact with Lisa Lisson.  She is diligent and clever about finding those small bits of data that connect people in obscure past records.  Beyond that, Lisa is a joy to work with, adaptable, insightful and flexible.  She takes a suggestion and works it into a plan of action adapted to my schedule and budget.  Above all she is honest about what is possible and prudent in terms of cost and results.   I have come to consider her a partner in my work.
https://lisalisson.com/testimonials/a-partner-in-research/

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Thank you for the great ideas and the incentive to get what photos we have identified. I know I have photos from that my grandmother saved that are not marked in any way and no one seems to know who they are. She didn’t share them during her lifetime, but they were found after she passed away.

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2016-09-05T15:25:58-04:00

Michelle T.

Thank you for the great ideas and the incentive to get what photos we have identified. I know I have photos from that my grandmother saved that are not marked in any way and no one seems to know who they are. She didn’t share them during her lifetime, but they were found after she passed away.
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