Easy Genealogy Research Tips and Tricks

Check out the latest tips and tricks for researching your family tree and writing your ancestor's stories. Use the blog sub-menu to filter to categories such as genetic genealogy, writing family history, and doing online genealogy research.

Genealogy Research

What To Do When Your Family Isn’t in the Census

When you can not find your ancestors in a census record, turn to these alternative records.

Writing Family History

Better Ways to Add Action to Family History Stories

Do published genealogy books need action-packed scenes to be interesting? If so, how do you write that into your story?

Downsizing Tips

5 Tips for Donating Your Genealogy

What do we do with stuff that we need to downsize but can no longer (or don’t want to) take care of? Amy Johnson Crow shared five...

Track Genealogy Evidence Analysis Using RootsMagic 8

If you're trying to follow genealogy standards taught by Elizabeth Shown Mills, RootsMagic has a tool you'll want to use.

Writing Family History

Do Not Blame Sources For Your Boring Family History

Genealogy source citations are essential for accurate family histories. But do they make your stories boring?

Genealogy Research

6 Simple Ways to Jumpstart Your Stalled Genealogy Research

Avoid getting stalled in your genealogy research this year but following these simple tips.