Your Guide to Finding An Ancestor’s Date of Death
Finding an ancestor’s date of death is crucial to a genealogy researcher’s search. Learn how to find records of your ancestor’s death. Meet Reuben Richardson. Reuben lived his entire life in Pittsylvania and Halifax Counties, Va. and died in 1917. Oral history reported Reuben died in the First World War. Family history supported that. The few records he appeared in supported the fact, but none actually proved his death date or place of death. A death certificate was no where to be found, So, why could I not find evidence of his death? As a new genealogy researcher, I put too much faith in my family’s knowledge of events no…
Genealogy Podcasts: Your Guide To the Best Genealogy Podcasts!
Genealogy podcasts are great resources for genealogy education on the go! Listen to a variety of genealogy topics while running your errands. I ran my first half marathon when I was 51 with the Genealogy Gems podcast by Lisa Louise Cooke in my ears the whole time! What’ more, I trained in the months leading up to the race with a variety of genealogy podcasts in my ears. Genealogy education + working out = Multi-tasking at its best! Podcasts are more popular than ever. According to Podcast Insights in 2020, podcast listeners can choose from over 850,000 shows. Comedy is the most popular category with education following in a close…
Are You Your Ancestor’s Doppelganger? Find Out What Your Ancestor Looked Like
Explore resources to find what your ancestor looked like and if you are indeed their doppelganger. Learn which genealogy records you should research. Do you know what your ancestors looked like? Do you know their physical characteristics? Do you know how tall they were? How short? The color of their eyes and hair? Did they have any physical deformities? And the BIG burning question on your mind….. Do you look like your ancestors?! Do you have a doppelganger in the family tree? What is a Doppelganger? In German folklore, all living things have a spirit double. They referred to that spirit double as a doppelganger. Other folklore traditions refer to…
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…
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