Easy Genealogy Research Tips and Tricks

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Online Genealogy Research

5 Tips For Maximizing Use of the Internet Archives

Do you like to research your home and perhaps in your pajamas fantastic? Then you will want to use these tips when researching the...

DNA

GEDmatch Tutorial: How to Compare Family Trees Using GEDcom Tools

Do you have a GEDCOM file on GEDmatch? If so, there are tree-matching tools that you can use to help you find other clues to help...

Writing Family History

What Voice Should I Use When I Write Family Histories?

Viewer Question: Which voice should I use when I write my family history? I want to share my family history, but I also want to write a...

Beginning Genealogy

What is an IGI source on Family Search?

The IGI was a leap forward in accessing genealogical data, however, there are some limitations to be mindful of when consulting the resource

Online Genealogy Research

How to Find Family Photos When Your Family Has None

Photos enhance our genealogy and writing a family history, but what do you do when you don’t have any in your possession?

Genealogy Research

A Simple Process for Translating Fraktur Newspaper Articles

When you don’t speak German, what steps can you follow when translating Fraktur newspaper articles into English? I developed a process...