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    Genealogy Resources,  Heritage Travel

    Explore Your Culinary Heritage During Your Genealogy Tour

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    Discovering your culinary heritage provides insight into your ancestors’ lives and ethnic background. Find out what your ancestors ate. Food is a big part of our culture and heritage. Food unites us, and foods bond us. We may gather around a table as a family or we simply prepare and eat foods tradionally made in our families. Either food has a unique way of uniting family and friends.  Think about the most important events or periods in your life- celebrations, losses, travels, transitions. A lot of those memories involve food, right? The foods we cook and eat tell stories of who we are and where we’ve been. The foods we…

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    Wondering how to save money while trying to find your ancestors? Check out Ancestry.com's free genealogy records collections. You'll be surprised at what you find!

    How To Do Free Genealogy Research on Ancestry.com

    December 16, 2019

    10 FREE Social History Sites To Improve Your Genealogy Research

    May 11, 2020
    Do you recognize your ancestor's friends in the family photos? Who was important to your ancestor? Not all of the photographs you have in your collection will be of your ancestors. You may well have photographs of individuals who are not related to you.

    5 Resources To Identify Your Ancestor’s Friends

    April 7, 2016
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    Creating Your Own Cemetery Tours: Find Your Ancestor’s Grave

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    Cemetery tours are a critical part of genealogy research. Take a cemetery walk to learn more about your ancestors. Cemetery research is one of my favorite ways to learn about my ancestors. Because of this, my kids think I’m a bit weird.   Okay, they are young adults, but I don’t think they share my love of cemeteries with their friends. Have you ever taken an actual cemetery tour? Your tour can be on your own in a small cemetery or a more formal tour with a guide. What You Can Learn From A Cemetery Tour Invariably, those of us who have gone on a hertiage type trip to literally “walk…

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    The last of 31 genealogy tips? Boost your genealogy research with a fresh eye by going back to the beginning! See what a fresh look can do. #genealogy #ancestry #areyoumycousin #familyhistory

    31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Go Back!

    July 31, 2018
    Did your find where your ancestor(s) is buried? Consider if you gathered all of the other important genealogy clues in your cemetery research.

    Finding Genealogy Clues in the Family Cemetery

    April 10, 2017
    FlickR is another great tool to add to your genealogy toolbox! Explore items form state archives, libraries and university collections. #ancestor #genealogy#areyoumycouin #flickr

    31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – FlickR

    July 24, 2018
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    Genealogy Research

    Women In History – Overcoming the “Just a Housewife” Myth

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    Female ancestsors and women in history lived full and engaging lives! Learn what genealogy clues can be found for women in the family tree. In this episode of the Are You My Cousin? weekly Youtube Live, Melissa Barker, AKA The Archive Lady, joins me to talk about finding our female ancestors.  Yes, researching the women in our family tree can be tough, BUT….Melissa and I are here to tell you that you DO HAVE Options! Your research will take some effort. That’s okay, though, because we are genealogy researchers and know how to sitck with a search. Just a reminder you will find other articles on finding your female ancestors…

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    The 1880 US Federal census holds much information about your ancestor(s). Don't miss important clues to jumpstart your genealogy research. (And it's free online!)

    A Close Up Look At Researching The 1880 Census

    October 2, 2017
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    What Standing in Line for (The Best!) Cupcake Ever Taught Me About Genealogy Research

    August 24, 2020
    Don't miss out on important genealogical information by not checking out the vertical files at your state or local archives. #genealogy #genealogytips #areyoumycousin #ancestors #familyhistory

    31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Vertical Files

    July 5, 2018
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    What Standing in Line for (The Best!) Cupcake Ever Taught Me About Genealogy Research

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    Keep your genealogy research on track and organized with systems and checklists. Save time and find your ancestors more efficiently! I may have mentioned my love of all things Fixer Upper and Joanna Gaines in a previous post . Who knew genealogy and DIY home shows have things in common!  Now let’s talk about the best cupcake ever. A campfire s’more cupcake full of chocolate a topped with a homemade toasted marshmallow purchased from the bakery at the Silos at Magnolias in Waco, TX. [I have a bit of a sweet tooth.  I blame the ancestors.] As is often the case, a long line wrapping around the bakery building greeted…

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    Finding an ancestor's death date is usually high on a genealogy researcher's wish list. Here are 7 places to start your search.

    7 Places To Start Finding An Ancestor’s Death Date

    December 11, 2017
    Tax records can provide an enormous amount of information on your ancestors. Track your ancestors year by year and find clues to other potential resources.

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

    July 20, 2018
    Don't miss out on important genealogical information by not checking out the vertical files at your state or local archives. #genealogy #genealogytips #areyoumycousin #ancestors #familyhistory

    31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Vertical Files

    July 5, 2018
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Welcome! I’m Lisa. I believe researching your genealogy does not have to be overwhelming. All you need is a solid plan, a genealogy toolbox and the knowledge to use those tools. Read more….

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