It is always great when genealogy websites update their collections. What once was a “dead end” might now contain the information you are seeking. Ancestry.com has updated its Yearbook Collection. Your relatives could be in them. You can also find yearbook photos of celebrities. School yearbooks hold a lot of interesting information about what your relatives or ancestors were like when they were young. You are very likely to find a “school portrait” image within a yearbook. If your relative, or ancestor, was popular, or very active in school activities, there may be more photos of them in their yearbook. … Continue reading →

What’s the first thing you would grab if you had to quickly leave your home due to a disaster? For many people, that answer is the old family photos. If you happen to have lost your family photos, there is potential that you might find them online at one of these websites. It would be a tragedy to lose your old family photos. You might only have one copy of them, and they are irreplaceable. What can you do if you have lost some of your family photos? There is the potential that they may pop up somewhere online. Here … Continue reading →

Every so often, online genealogy giant Ancestry.com offers the public access to a section of its vast online genealogy resources for free. It’s time for free access to some of the Ancestry.com collection again, so from August 29th through September 5th you can access immigration and travel records on Ancestry.com for free. It is a great opportunity to learn about the journeys of your ancestors and the stories of how they came to America. In case you are wondering what kinds of records you can get into on Ancestry.com for free this week, the collection includes a diverse selection. Passenger … Continue reading →

Do you remember when you were in high school, and it was time to sign people’s yearbooks? Genealogists can use yearbooks as a resource to learn more about their ancestors. Ancestry.com has expanded its collection of yearbooks from the United States. This includes the high school photos of certain celebrities. Ever wonder what your parents, or grandparents, were like when they were in high school? Genealogists can find out a little bit about that by looking through the pages of their relative’s high school yearbook. You will probably find photos from the high school dances, pictures of the football team … Continue reading →