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I Found My Grandmother!

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I have been working on putting together my family tree. This is something I simply don’t have a lot of time to devote to, so I am doing it in small pieces. This week, I decided to see if I could locate information about a family member who meant a lot to me. To my surprise, I found my grandmother! I must admit, I am not an expert genealogist. If I were, I suppose I would have completed most of my family tree by now. Instead, I have scattered notes with scribbled, haphazard, portions of my family tree, and some … Continue reading →

Genealogy Podcast Roundup – Week of March 5, 2012

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It is time for the Genealogy Podcast Roundup. Every week, this is where to look to find brand new episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts. Once in a while, there will be podcasts that don’t always focus on genealogy, but that have for one episode. The Genealogy Guys released episode number 232 on March 1, 2012. This episode features the first set of interviews that host Drew conducted while he was at RootsTech 2012. This set of interviews is with David Rencher (FamilySearch Chief Genealogical Officer), Lisa Also (expert on Eastern European genealogical research), Jay Verkler, (past FamilySearch CEO), and … Continue reading →

Genealogy Podcast Roundup – Week of February 27, 2012

Once a week, the Genealogy Podcast Roundup brings you brand new episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts. Sometimes, it also has episodes of podcasts that do not always talk about genealogy related topics, but who have devoted a random episode to it. Here is what is new this week! Genealogy Gems released episode number 127 on February 21, 2012. This episode is called “Nick Barratt of the UK Who Do You Think You Are?” This episodes features an interview with UK presenter and historian Nick Barratt. Other topics include: the first ever Story@Home conference, and how a listener uses host … Continue reading →

Legal Terms In Genealogy Research

In the course of your genealogy research, there are always a few things that may leave you scratching your head. Legal terminology is one of those things. Whether you are perusing old wills and land records or more modern legal documents, you are likely to run into some unfamiliar words. Because of my legal background, I am usually able to cut through the legalese and figure out what is going on but sometimes I do have to look up definitions, even with modern documents. Legalese is somewhat of a soap-box issue for me. For some reason, during my first year … Continue reading →

Lessons in Genealogy – Family Search Has Them!

Whether you are new to genealogy or an experienced family history researcher, you know that you do not know everything that there is to know about genealogy. If genealogy intrigues you and you would like to learn more about it, there are eighty-one free lessons available online at Family Search. Eighty-one free genealogy lessons – that will certainly keep you busy for a while. Many of the classes come from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, but Family Search has built relationships with other partners such as the Mid-Continent Public Library in Independence, Missouri, to broaden the … Continue reading →

Notes From My First Time – At Genealogy

I was going through some old papers recently, and I uncovered a forgotten treasure. It appears that at some point in the past, I made an attempt to sketch out my family tree. Judging from the scattered notes, my best guess is that I got hopelessly confused from the sheer amount of data that I was given. As a dyslexic, I have difficulty with numbers, and with words that are unfamiliar to me, such as surnames. It looks like I scrawled down some notes, and then put them away, to be completed at a future date, when I figured I … Continue reading →

Courthouse Genealogy

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The first time I remember feeling the Spirit was when I learned that families could be sealed together for all of eternity. It should not be surprising, then, that I have a deep love of genealogy and truly enjoy researching my family tree. As a young mom, however, I have restricted most of my efforts thus far to the internet. A recent courthouse trip – my first – taught me a few lessons. For years, I have found nothing but a solid brick wall in regards to my great-great-great grandparents. I did not even know their name, only that of … Continue reading →

Birthday Scrapbooks Preserve Exciting Memories

Everyone loves birthdays, especially when the guest of honor is a young child. Proud parents are likely to have pages and pages of pictures of their little ones’ parties from that all important first birthday and onward. As a family history enthusiast, it may be nice to pull together a collection of birthday pictures and stories from a group of individuals, such as all of the cousins on one side of the family. Whether for a group or an individual, a birthday scrapbook containing pictures and stories from their parties over a span of years is sure to be a … Continue reading →

Researching Your Ancestors’ Weddings

The recent Royal wedding was just the first of many weddings that will take place this wedding season. Spring and summer are popular times to get married, and chances are that you may be invited to attend one or more weddings for friends and family this year. Of course I must add that around here, wedding season stretches into autumn because the natural beauty of our fall foliage along with mostly pleasant weather creates a breathtaking setting for outdoor weddings. If you are your family’s genealogy expert, you may already be focusing on adding the details of upcoming nuptials to … Continue reading →

Learn From Other Genealogists

There are several ways that a brand new genealogist can learn about how to do genealogy. You can learn from the mistakes you make when you first jumped in and started doing research. You can learn from reading about genealogy. Or, you can learn by asking other genealogists for tips and helpful hints. Most of my experience with genealogy has come from jumping in headfirst, and seeing what I can find out on my own. Plug a name into a search engine, and see what happens. So far, this method has not provided me the great results I hoped it … Continue reading →