Posting your tree online can be a fun way to connect with distant relatives. It’s fairly simple to do if you have the right tools. I first came across GedHTree software back in 2001 or 2002. I was searching for an easy way to put my family tree on my personal genealogy web site. Read more »
It’s not a surprise that Ancestry.com has come up with a new gadget to help you find your ancestors. Recently, Ancestry.com released a new toolbar which you can install to your web browser. What the toolbar allows you to do is grab information off any genealogy website you might be looking at and add it your your free family tree. It can also help you organize any information you have found online and access your family tree very quickly, in the event you don’t have that information at your fingertips (perhaps while you are surfing the Internet on your lunch break at work).
It’s always exciting to think that you might have a Civil War ancestor (or two) hiding in your tree. Was he a great hero who led his troops as an officer or perhaps served a brave infantry man? If you do, then there is a wide variety of information about that soldier that you can uncover – much of it for free! There are a few different places to look online but today, I am going to talk about the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (I will call it CWSS for short). Read more »
County vital records are one of the most sought after pieces of genealogical information. Vital records are the official records left behind by your ancestors as they moved through life. These are the “facts” about your ancestor – when and where they were born, when and where they got married, when and where they died, and where they were buried.
