One of the most rewarding parts of doing family history is discovering the stories of ancestors. The next most rewarding thing is having the chance to share those stories with others. What unique details make up your ancestors’ stories? Did
New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 1 June 2020
The following announcement was written by FamilySearch: FamilySearch added 6.5 million New York land records and over 1 million Uruguay passenger lists, 1880 – 1980. Additional records were added for American Samoa, Brazil, Canada, Chile, England, France, Iceland, Ireland, Niue, Norway, Peru, South Africa, Spain and the United
MyHeritage is Offering Free Access to Different Record Collections Every Day in June
Starting today, each day of the month MyHeritage is offering a different and significant historical record collection will be available for free. According to the announcement: “The collections chosen for this offer were handpicked for their value for family historians
The 23andme Family Tree built from DNA
The dream of every genetic genealogist is to be able to build a family tree from just DNA. 23andme made a terrific start on this with their Beta family tree released in October. Now it is out of test mode
Genealogy News Bytes – Friday, 29 May 2020
Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop over the past three days.1) News Articles:*
Do You Have Backups or are You Simply Synching?
“I don’t need backups. I’ve got my files synced.” Wrong! I have written many times about the need for genealogists and most everyone else to make frequent backups I won’t repeat all that here. You can find my past articles
My Secret Weapon for Finding Relatives
Attention dead ends in my family tree: I’m coming after you with my new secret weapon. You cannot hide.A few days ago I felt disappointed with my system for finding vital records. I’ve got Grandpa’s hometown’s vital records on my
New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday
The following announcement was written by Findmypast: Findmypast round-off their month of Second World War releases with fascinating new military records from the British Army and Royal Air Force British Army Service Records This essential military collection has been enhanced
Zoom Meetings
Beginners Guide: Preparation for a Zoom Meeting To use the Zoom meeting on a PC or Apple computer we recommend downloading and installing the Zoom application/program in advance of the meeting. For smartphones and Kindles go to the App Store