Recommended Beginner’s Guide
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By Kimberly, on May 31st, 2010
Once you’ve started making progress in your genealogy research, you will quickly start to notice that you have a growing pile of papers and notes that will need to be organized. Early on in your research, you should locate some free genealogy templates to help you keep track of the families in your tree. Genealogy charts and forms are useful to pencil in names and dates as you come across them to give you a quick visual of how the information fits into the bigger picture. Some people prefer to keep all their research on paper. Others like to transfer it to genealogy software. I personally do a little of both – I like to keep the paper charts as a quick reference if I am going to library. I’m not one to take my laptop with me. I spend too much time in the stacks and don’t want to worry about it walking off! But I do love genealogy software to stay organized overall, especially with hundreds of names.
Continue reading Free Genealogy Templates – Forms and Charts to Keep You Organized
By Kimberly, on May 24th, 2010
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. Continue reading Free Genealogy Software to publish your family tree online – GedHTree
By Kimberly, on May 17th, 2010
For most of our ancestors, who were hard working people and didn’t achieve high status during their lives, the only biography that was ever written about them was their obituary. Obituaries are often chock full of information about your ancestor’s family, including names and dates, locations where they lived previously, clubs or churches they belonged to, and what their occupation was. Check out the following resources for free obituaries that you can access online instead of heading to the library to dust off the microfilm!
Continue reading Free Obituaries – Where to Find Your Ancestors’ Obituaries
By Kimberly, on May 10th, 2010
Rootsweb is perhaps the largest and oldest free genealogy community online. It used to be entirely run by volunteers but in 2004 was acquired by Ancestry.com which provides the funds to support it. Never fear, however, as all of the genealogy records on Rootsweb still remain free to access by anyone. If you haven’t made you way to Rootsweb before, then add it to your to-do list. You won’t want to miss the free genealogy resources! Continue reading Free Genealogy Searches at Rootsweb
By Kimberly, on May 3rd, 2010
The United States has been the destination for millions of immigrants. You can find out if your immigrants entered the United Stated through New York City by checking out Ellis Island immigration records. Ellis Island opened in 1892, taking over from the Castle Garden facility. There is a lot of information about Ellis Island immigration that is available to you on the Ellis Island website. Information such as the island’s history, its immigrants, and its immigration records can be found within it’s easy to use search functions.
Continue reading Ellis Island Immigration Records – The key to finding your immigrant ancestors
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