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.

Writing Family History

Size Matters for Family History Books

While there are common publisher sizes, how do you know what size will work for your family history project?

Organizing Genealogy Research

Are You Adding These Facts to Your Family Tree?

Discover the standard and custom facts you can add to your family tree on Ancestry, Family Tree Maker, FamilySearch and RootsMagic.

Writing Family History

Where to Find Physical Descriptions of Your Ancestor

Discover some of the best resources for physical descriptions of your ancestos

Writing Family History

Stop Writing a Flat Ancestors!

Make your ancestor feel more real by writing character descriptions. It works for fiction authors and can work for family historians.

Genealogy Research

Exploring US Passenger Records on Ancestry

Will you find your ancestors in Ancestry.com's US Passenger Lists? Learn how.

Writing Family History

Create an Awesome Family History Book Cover Using Canva

Family history books have a bad reputation for having boring covers. Hundreds of these books line the shelves of genealogical society...