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Tips for Visiting the Cemetery

It isn’t unheard of for genealogists to go and visit cemeteries at any time of the year, not just when it is close to Halloween. Here are a few tips to follow that will make your visit to the graveyard result in good genealogy research, and keep you safe, at the same time. Before you visit the cemetery, you should take the time to gather up some very useful items. Bring your smartphone. Use it to call for help if you fall and get injured or become lost. Use it to take a photo of the graves of your ancestors, … Continue reading →

What Cemeteries Can Teach You

Many genealogists are aware that a visit to a cemetery can provide a lot of information. Announcing that you are excited about visiting a cemetery, however, especially this close to Halloween, can cause your friends and family to give you some funny looks. Why not explain to them, in ways that are understandable to non-genealogy buffs, what a cemetery can teach you? Explaining your interest might make them want to accompany you on your trip to the graveyard. Or, at least, it might dispel some of those odd looks that they have been sending your way. It is always best … Continue reading →

Visiting Cemeteries

One of my favorite things to do on a sunny spring afternoon is walk through local cemeteries in search of ancestors who are buried there. No, I have not gone insane, nor do I have an infatuation with the dead or morbidity. Cemeteries are actually a very peaceful place to take a walk, and there is information on tombstones that can come in useful for genealogical research. Information that can be found on tombstones includes birth and death information, a woman’s maiden name, parent’s names, town of origin, and military service. You may also discover the nearby grave of an … Continue reading →

New Genealogy Blogger

Hello, my name is Jacky Gamble, and I am a genealogy addict. I am also the newest genealogy blogger at Families.com. I have already posted a couple of blogs here, but before I go any further I should tell you a bit about me, and why I chose to blog about genealogy. Genealogy is one of my passions. I began researching my own family tree back in 2003 because I was curious to find out how many relatives were in my mother’s family (her grandparents had 11 children, and their children had children, and so on). I wasn’t expecting to … Continue reading →

Five Free Genealogy Websites for Frugal Genealogists

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Genealogy research will require you to invest a lot of time. This doesn’t always mean that you have to invest a lot of money in order to work on your family tree! There are several genealogy websites that you can use for free. Here are five free genealogy websites that a frugal genealogist will want to check out. FamilySearch is one of the most popular genealogy websites. This is a non-profit website that is run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. All genealogists are welcome to use the resources on FamilySearch no matter what their personal religious … Continue reading →

Chinese New Year Birthday Party

Did you know that the seventh day of the Chinese New Year is considered “everybody’s birthday”? Today is the third day of the Lunar New Year which is a time for sons-in-laws to pay respects to their parents-in-law. In addition, families who’ve lost an immediate relative in the past three years will not be partying at other people’s homes tonight. Rather, the day is reserved for visiting cemeteries and remembering loved ones who are no longer on Earth. This tradition is practiced in China, as well as Taiwan, Vietnam, and other nations with a significant Chinese population. Here in the … Continue reading →

Great Gifts for the Genealogists in Your Family

There will always be some people in your family that are difficult to buy gifts for. If you are a genealogist, then you will intrinsically know what the other genealogists in the family would want for Christmas. Those of you who are not at all interested in genealogy may want to select a gift from this handy list. If the family genealogist is somehow not already using Ancestry.com, then it would be a great idea to get that person a Gift Membership to the website. Ancestry.com is probably the most popular genealogy website of them all, so, you may want … Continue reading →

Resources for Those Who Love Graveyards

Do you enjoy spending time in graveyards and cemeteries? This particular interest is fairly common among genealogists. There are several blogs and news articles that are written about a person’s visit to an interesting graveyard, what the gravestones say, and the history of the people who are buried there. These are great resources for genealogists. Genealogy is the study of family. Often, it is the study of family members that have been dead for several generations. One good way to find out information about people who died long before you were born is to read their gravestones. You can do … Continue reading →

Some Tips for Genealogists Who Photograph Gravestones

No matter what it is that you are taking a photograph of, you are going to want that photo to be a good one. Genealogists who are visiting their ancestor’s graves in cemeteries may want to take a picture of the gravestone. Here are some tips you can use to make that photo come out a little bit better. Personally, I know very little about photography. If I wanted to travel to various cemeteries, and take photos of the gravestones of my ancestors, I would require some help. I probably would see if I could hire one of my friends, … Continue reading →

Barcodes on Gravestones Tell Stories

Genealogists visit cemeteries because they can get a lot of information about a relative or ancestor by reading his or her gravestone. Usually, there is a limit to how much a gravestone can tell about a person’s life. A company called Code_IT has created a barcode that can connect a genealogist to a digital memorial of an ancestor. There is an old saying that states that “dead men tell no tales”. Their tombstones however, can give a genealogist quite a bit of information. You can learn the person’s full name, their birth date, and their date of death. Sometimes, a … Continue reading →