By Mary Harrell-Sesniak “Genealogy is not just a pastime; it’s a passion.” Genealogy Favorites and Freebies. Everyone has favorites, and I am no exception, especially when it comes to free genealogy websites. They don’t completely replace subscription sites but are a wonderful starting point for your research. RootsWeb, of course, is my top pick, not [...]
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Ancestry.com is offering free until Sept. 5 it’s immigration collection records. You can see more about the offer and what you have to do to access these free records by taking a look at this post from Randy’s Seaver‘s Genea-Musings blog.
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You don’t have to write a book to publish your family history research for future generations, and you don’t have to wait until you have eliminated every brick wall to start publishing. That’s what one of my favorite bloggers, Denise Barrett Olson, has to say in a recent blog post. You can get all the [...]
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There’s no question that an enormous brick wall faces most African-American researchers because of the lack of readily available information especially in the lack of census records during the era of slavery. Kimberly Powell of About.com Genealogy has listed her top ten online sites for African-American genealogy research at this link: http://genealogy.about.com/od/african_american/tp/best_sites.htm
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James Tanner‘s Rule No. 2 (Focus on more recent sources and documents before you try to jump back in time) for genealogical research is pretty powerful but his rules one and three are absolutely key to getting started (or restarted) on your family research. You can take all three in (and perhaps put them on [...]
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MORE TIPS FROM READERS By Ancestry Weekly Discovery 29 July 2011 Editor: Juliana Smith While my job is to share my experience in family history with you through this newsletter, I’ve learned much from you over the years as well. So to continue this newsletter in the spirit of sharing experiences, here are a few [...]
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” I seem to get sidetracked easily and overwhelmed with all of the family. Is there any other tool or resource that you utilitze to keep focused and organized?” This is a question from a friend from my years as a public school teacher. I thought I would share my answer. You have run into [...]
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This is late notice, but this webinar is free and coming up at 2:00 today on a computer near you. Here’s the reminder email I got this morning: Hello, You are receiving this email because you requested that BlogTalkRadio.com remind you when select shows are about to air. Show Details: Show: Bringing Technology to Your [...]
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New FREE research links were brought to the group at the April meeting by Vice-president Dorothy Harbin. At the GLO link, land records and homesteading grants are displayed with information about location and individual for those in land grant states. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Dorothy also shared a link in which she was able to download a copy [...]
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Recently received from Courtney of the Hunt List archives: FTDNA is having a “Facebook sale” http://www.facebook.com/FamilyTreeDNA#!/event.php?eid=166119860113271 I’ve been told the code will work whether you use Facebook or not http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Huntsurname/default.aspx To take advantage of these promotional prices use the coupon code: DNADAY2011 during the order process The coupon code will expire on Friday at midnight [...]
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