How to Prepare For The Rootstech 2019 Conference
Are you prepared for RootsTech 2019? Or are you more “What the heck is this RootsTech thing I hear everyone talking about?”? Let’s start at the beginning….. What is RootsTech? RootsTech is a yearly genealogy conference held in Salt Lake City, UT. RootsTech 2019 is being held 27 February – 2 March 2019. RootsTech is the largest genealogy conference with over 300 break out sessions, fabulous keynote speakers daily, and an expo hall I could (and have!) spent hours exploring the latest in genealogy products and tech. My favorite part? All of the other genealogy researchers from (literally) around the world. Rootstech is one of the few places you can…
Free Genealogy Websites – A Frugal Genealogist’s Guide
Is it possible to find our ancestors with using FREE genealogy websites? As genealogy researchers, we are a frugal lot. We spend our genealogy dollars frugally and research for free whenever possible. After all, those DNA tests we plan to order can be expensive! Let’s see what free genealogy resources we can find online. Most of these sites require no sign up and no credit card. 50 FREE Genealogy Websites for Frugal Genealogists Grab your research plans and start searching (and saving money). 1. FamilySearch.org – Long time favorite of genealogy researchers. 2. The USGenWeb Project – Volunteer based website providing online genealogy information. Another favorite of genealogy researchers. 3. Chronicling America –…
Using Pre-1850 Records To Find An Ancestor’s Children
Many researchers struggle to trace their female ancestors. Moving into the pre-1850 census records and the search gets even harder. Tougher still is tracing are our ancestors who were children prior to the 1850 U.S. census. While the search for young children in early records is hard, it is certainly not an impossible search. If you suspect your ancestor had young children or are researching your ancestor as a young child, you owe it to your research (and them) to check all possible records. Using Pre-1850 Records To Find An Ancestor’s Children This article primarily addresses U.S. records. If you are research ancestors outside of the U.S., seek out that…
How To Save Your Personal History for Future Generations
Today, I’m welcoming Mike Tapia , CEO of RecordaLife. He’s sharing about a topic near and dear to my heart! At this time of year, with Christmas and Thanksgiving very much in our minds, we focus on family and on birth and on life. These are the times when some of our most important memories are formed, in childhood and as adults and parents. As genealogists, it is easy for us to focus completely on the past, on history, and to forget that we ourselves are making history today. We are making memories, we are achieving, we are having amazing experiences, with our family, with our friends, with our community,…
