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Isn't Genealogy Fun: Family Research Has Its Humorous Side

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

National Archives Workshops for Genealogists: August Courses Include an Introduction to Genealogy

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Troubleshooting Those Missing Maiden Names: Lesser Known Sources for Tracing Lost Ladies

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Locating Maiden Names of Women Ancestors: Resources for Tracing Families of Those Female Ancestral Lost Ladies

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

DNA Testing Locates Ancestors by Surname: Each Person's DNA Contains a Biological Message from Ancestors

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

How to Start Genealogy Research: Advice for Finding Your Family History

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Victor Mobley

Project Tracks Ancient Ancestors: Genographic Project Uses DNA to Locate Ancient Migration Routes

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Getting Grounded with Genealogy: Family Links Convey Sense of Unity and Belonging

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Discovering Your Ancestry: Get Started Searching Your Family History in Genealogy

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Janet L. Savage

Tracing Your Manx Ancestors: Family History Records for the Isle of Man

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Ancestry of Patrick Swayze: World Famous Dancer and Movie Star

In: Online Family Trees

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Wesleyan Methodist Ancestors: Finding Birth, Death and Marriage Records in Ontario, Canada

In: Vital Record Resources

By: Wendy Elliott

Crime and Family History: A Cornish Murder Story

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Paul Lightfoot

Omaha Vital Records - 1873 to 1910: Omaha Birth and Death Records from the Late 1800s and Early 1900s

In: Vital Record Resources

By: John K. Davis

The Dawes Rolls: Your First Stop in Native American Genealogy Research

In: Vital Record Resources

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Backup Your Genealogy Data: Safeguard Your Family Tree Files

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

National Archives of America: One of the Greatest Collections of Historical Material

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Cass County, NE, Cemetery Records: These Nebraska Death Records Can Be Hard to Find, But They're There

In: Vital Record Resources

By: John K. Davis

Footnote.com: A New Genealogy Resource for Historical Documents

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Random Acts, Genealogical Kindness: Free Local Family History Help from RAOGK Volunteers

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Jill Browne

Omaha Genealogy Records: Deaths: Genealogical Data From Omaha's Forest Lawn Memorial Park

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: John K. Davis

Ancestry of Stephen King: One of the Best Known Writers of Our Day

In: Online Family Trees

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Omaha Obituaries: Omaha Death Index Ranges from Complete Obits to Brief Death Notices

In: Vital Record Resources

By: John K. Davis

Two Genealogies of Jesus: Jesus' Ancestry is Presented in Two Different Ways in the Bible

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Converting Old Home Movies to DVD: Get Your Family Movies out of the Attic

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

How to Create a Tombstone Rubbing: Reproducing Information on Cemetery Headstones

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Feature Writer Jennifer White

The DAR Society: The Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Society

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Ancestry Press: A New Service to Help You Publish Your Family Tree Book

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

With Leaders – The Name Counts: Can You Identify a Potential Leader by Their Name?

In: Surname Histories

By: Thomas Quinn

Genealogy Timeline Tools: Software Programs can Help You Create Helpful Timeline Charts

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Are We Controlled by Our Genes? Finding Criminals in Your Family Tree Doesn't Make You One

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Donating Research to an Archive: Giving Your Genealogical Materials to a Historical Collection

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Managing Genealogy Research: Keep a To-Do List to Organize Your Family Tree Studies

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Using a Microfilm Machine: Many Genealogy Resources are Found on Microfilm

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Ancestry of George W. Bush: Trace Back the Family Tree of the 43rd US President

In: Online Family Trees

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Discovering Your Family History: Resources to Track Your Genealogy

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Feature Writer Denise Oliveri

Marrying Cousins: Cousins Who Marry Can Twist Up Your Family Tree

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Hemophilia in the Royal Family: How Disease can be Passed Through a Family Tree

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Creating a Family Cookbook: Food Can Help You Share so Many Great Family Memories

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Dealing with Titles: Anyone with Royal or Noble Ancestors will Understand this Problem

In: Surname Histories

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Types of Old Photos: Recognizing Old Kinds of Photos can be Helpful in Dating Them

In: Family Photo Histories

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Using Old Maps in Genealogy: Maps Can Be Valuable Assets in Your Search for Relatives

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Criminal Records: An Often Overlooked Place to Find Genealogical Info

In: Vital Record Resources

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Joining a Genealogy Mailing List: Another Way to Get inTouch with Other Researchers

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Starting a Family Newsletter: Your Own Little Publication Can Really Help Keep a Family Connected

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

What Happened to Annie Moore? She was the First Person to Immigrate Through Ellis Island

In: Surname Histories

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Ancestry of Elvis Presley: He's Been Dead for 30 Years, but to Many He's Still the King

In: Online Family Trees

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Attending a Genealogy Event: What Can You Get Out of Going to a Genealogy Conference?

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Review of GedHTree: Review of a Gedcom-to-HTML Utility Program

In: Online Family Trees

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Watch for Genealogy Scams: Don't be Fooled by These Offers or Services

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Dating Old Photographs: Learn How to Determine When an Old Photo Was Taken

In: Family Photo Histories

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Ancestry of Laura Ingalls Wilder: Several Generations of Early American Settlers

In: Online Family Trees

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Homestead Act Records: New settlers to the USA may have left a number of records behind

In: Vital Record Resources

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Becoming a Certified Genealogist: Certification can take your hobby to the next level

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Obtaining Vital Records: Where to contact the proper offices to find vital records

In: Vital Record Resources

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

The Ancestral Numbers Game: The gene pool dwindles as we go back in time

In: Genealogy (general)

By: David R. Smith

Russian Genealogy: Some countries can be quite a brick wall when it comes to genealogy

In: Online Family Trees

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Ancestry of George Washington: A look at George Washington's ancestors, going back 6 generations

In: Online Family Trees

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Give Your Tree More Branches: Don't focus your research only on your immediate direct ancestors

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Scottish Family Tartans: If you have Scottish ancestry, you might want to know about tartans

In: Surname Histories

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Basics of Land Deeds: Property records can offer many genealogical clues for you

In: Vital Record Resources

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Reading Medieval Handwriting: You may be lucky enough to have old handwritten documents

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

The Ahnentafel Chart: Another way of charting and organizing your ancestors

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Create a Family Scrapbook: Show off your collected family memoribilia in a scrapbook

In: Family Photo Histories

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Identity Theft: Is Identity Theft a Legitimate Concern for Genealogists?

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Genealogy Utility Programs: Some handy little software programs to help your research

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Oral Histories: Tips and Questions for Interviewing Family Members

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Kim Kankiewicz

Lineage Societies: Your family tree might make you a member of an exclusive group

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Researching Slave Ancestors: Tracing the family history of people held as slaves can be difficult

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Newspaper Research: Don't forget to check the local newspapers for genealogical info

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Conducting a Genealogy Interview: Some tips if you want to talk to your relatives about your family

In: Family Photo Histories

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Heraldry and Coats of Arms: How to understand what a coat of arms means to a family

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

How to Cite Your Sources: You should know the correct way to record your information sources

In: Vital Record Resources

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Old Occupational Titles: Genealogical sources often refer to obscure job titles

In: Surname Histories

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Plan a Genealogy Family Reunion: What better way to get to know your living relatives

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Genealogy Software: Some of the better software programs to help organize your tree

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Finnish Genealogy: A collection of sites and resources for family trees in Finland

In: Vital Record Resources

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

When You Hit a Brick Wall: Some ideas to help you solve those difficult genealogy problems

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Heraldic Visitations of Britain: These records are invaluable to anyone researching English ancestry

In: Vital Record Resources

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Genealogy Volunteering: Some places to offer your genealogical services

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Adoption and Genealogy: If you or someone else in your family tree is adopted, don't give up

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Planning a Research Trip: Be prepared before you head to the library or archive repository

In: Genealogical Research Methods

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Where to Create a Family Tree Site: Websites where you can create your own family tree website

In: Online Family Trees

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Double Dating: Vital records with 2 years aren't necessarily typographical errors

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Free Genealogy Websites - Part 2: Not all good sites require a paid subscription.

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Native American Genealogy: Tracing your Native American ancestors

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Hiring a Professional Genealogist: Sometimes you need help from a pro

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Myth vs History: Sometimes the line between history and folklore can be blurry

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Presidential Genealogy: Highlighting some online resources for researching the U.S president

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Genealogy New Year's Resolutions: Make some promises to yourself with regards to your genealogy research

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Choosing a Scanner for Genealogy: A scanner can be an invaluable tool for your genealogy research

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Gifts for Genealogists: Some gift ideas for family or friends who study genealogy

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Genealogy of the Mayflower: In honour of the American Thanksgiving holiday.

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Surname Meanings: Different surnames in your family tree can yield clues about your an

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Who are the Black Irish? Are the Black Irish really a cultural or ethnic group?

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Review of the Complete Peerage: My opinions on this huge British history resource

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Salem Witch Trial Genealogy: Some unique resources for those with ancestors involved in the Witch Trials of Salem

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Genealogy Magazines: A quick review of some popular genealogy magazines

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Cite Your Sources: A personal pet peeve that needs to be mentioned

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Review of Ancestry.com: My views and opinions of this large pay genealogy site

In: Genealogy (general)

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

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