Another often overlooked resource researchers neglect when searching for their ancestors is land records. There is a lot of information recorded during a land transaction and it could be just the document that ties your research together. The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) General Land Records Office (GLO) provides a wonderful service as you search for your ancestors’ land records. Read more »
There is a fun new way of looking up your relatives and keeping in touch with your family members. Through the growing number of sites known as Genealogy 2.0 sites, people all over the world can start putting up their family trees online and linking up with distant relatives. These genealogy networking sites serve as a way of connecting with other people who share ancestors with you to help you build your own family tree. Think MySpace for genealogists! By simply registering in these sites, you can already have access to their genealogical resources. Most of these sites are free but there are those that charge subscription and membership fees or pay-per-use facilities, sometimes as upgrades to the free membership.
Those with Canadian ancestry can get all the information they need when undertaking a genealogy research project through the internet. Canada genealogy information is available in a collection of databases developed by the Canadian Genealogy Centre in the Library and Archives Canada. The Library and Archives Canada has a significant collection of cultural and historical information captured in documents and made accessible to genealogists and the general public. Not only is this Canada genealogy institution responsible for collecting and preserving these records, audio-visual materials, photographs, and other pertinent documents, it is also responsible for acquiring and sharing the materials to as many people as possible. Read more »
I’ve created a little video for you that shows you how to take the results from your search at the BLM-GLO website and view them live in Google Earth!! I show you how to take the township and range information, input it into a conversion tool and voila – instant map of your ancestor’s land! You can then create a whole file of these land records in Google Earth and save the maps as part of your research. I hope you enjoy the video and please share the link with others if you did 
I thought you’d like to know about the new hit show “Who Do You Think You Are?” premiering March 5, 2010. The NBC series features Lisa Kudrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Spike Lee, Matthew Broderick, Susan Sarandon, Emmitt Smith, and Brooke Shields, and takes each celebrity on a heart-warming journey back in time as they discover more about the ancestors who came before them.
