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Free Genealogy Apps for iPhone and iPad

There are tons of genealogy resources that are easily accessible as apps that you can put on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. This makes it extremely easy for genealogists to carry those resources with them as they travel to and from the library, courthouse, or other archive. You can even find some apps that are free to download and use. Ancestry is a FREE app that can be used on your iPhone or iPad. It has been created by Ancestry.com, and is designed to be used in conjunction with their website. Members of Ancestry.com can use this app to … Continue reading →

Public Records Can Clear Up Family Mysteries

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Sometimes, a person’s genealogy research can feel more like a mystery novel than an investigative project. There are things that you believe to be true about your relatives and ancestors. When you simply cannot find a reliable record to prove what you believe, it may be time to search through the public records. The answers you get might not turn out to be the ones that you were expecting. What are public records? They are documents that were created by a government organization. This can include things like real estate records, court records, records of bankruptcies, liens, and judgements, professional … Continue reading →

Family History Interviewing Tips And Strategies

If one of your genealogy resolutions for 2011 is to interview one or more relatives, here are a few tips that will make the process more enjoyable for everyone. If you employ the right approach to family history interviewing, your relatives will be happy to have shared the experience with you. If not, your interview experience and theirs could be awkward at best and may not produce much useful information. A good time to begin creating a positive family history interview experience is while you plan for the interview. You may even wish to come up with your interview questions … Continue reading →

Use the Free People Finder to Locate Relatives

The internet is an extremely valuable resource for genealogists. You can find information about your ancestors by using a popular genealogy search website. There are websites that focus on photographing graves, so that the images can be accessed, online, by the descendants of the people who were buried in those graves. There is a brand new tool called the Free People Finder, which is, as the name implies, completely free for genealogists to use. There are a lot of genealogists who use the internet as their primary resource for filling in their family tree. For many, it is because this … Continue reading →