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 a piece of evidence threatens your research?

While gathering and analyzing sources to document your ancestor, how much weight should one item have on your conclusions? Should one...

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Do GEDmatch Superkits Give You More DNA Matches Than Non-Superkits?

Have you been wondering whether or not GEDmatch Superkits will give you more matches? Wonder no more. On Facebook, I recently discussed...

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What are DNA Pile Up Regions?

Are pile-up regions causing you problems in your genetic genealogy? Do you even know what a pile-up region is? Pile Up Regions Are a Bane...

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6 Must Follow Steps for Genealogy Research in Cemeteries

Regardless of whether cemeteries creep you out or provide a great place to run, they offer tremendous genealogical value to help you...

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An Introduction to GEDmatch Tier 1 Tools - Webinar

The GEDmatch website allows you to compare your DNA test with the tests of others, no matter which genetic genealogy testing company they...

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Why are my DNA test results wrong?

Are you wondering can your DNA results be incorrect? Let me walk you through the answer. You Don't Need A Test to Know Most of Your DNA...