Maps are very useful when piecing together your family history. They can help you gain a wider perspective of your ancestor’s life, community, and environment. Creating a map and adding important places as you research will help you interpret your findings and identify further avenues of research as you move back in time when boundaries…
DetailsAre you fresh out of genealogy resources and still missing important details about your ancestor? Your answer night very well be waiting among the historical documents, histories, or personal papers in the thousands of archives located around the world. I have a few unanswered questions myself that have been lingering too long. I have found…
DetailsIn “Part 1: What Can We Glean from Oral Histories,” I promised to share some of the amazing discoveries I have made through oral histories. I will illustrate how I recovered one ancestor’s story without having anyone’s recollection of him. No Personal Recollections After I interviewed my mother about her grandfather, Rev. Lafayette Franklin Vance (1861-1952),…
DetailsHeadstone for Anderson Chick (1860-1903) and Elenia Coleman Chick (1860-1933) Did you jump right into researching your family history before gathering the information your family members have to share? Not a whole lot of emphasis is placed on oral history because sometimes details fade from memory or stories turn out to be family fables. …
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DetailsAre you trying to move back one more generation on your family tree to identify your ancestor’s parents? Here are a few places that you may find their names. Census Trace your ancestor as far back on the census as you can. It is best to look at every census, moving back 10 years at…
DetailsDisplaying What’s New in FamilySearch and Ancestry In technical documentation, we often use Revision Bars to indicate content that is new or updated. These bars appear in the outside margin of the page or screen next to all content that has changed. How I wish FamilySearch and Ancestry.com did the same thing. If they used…
DetailsAre you stumped because you cannot figure out your ancestor’s name? There can be several reasons for this, including: Someone had poor handwriting, and you cannot read the name. Only the first two initials were recorded, and you have no idea what they stand for. You only knew your ancestor’s nickname, you would not recognize…
DetailsA long time ago in a kingdom far away there lived a fair maiden by the name of Fnu MNU. She married a handsome young knight named Sir Arthur LNU and thus she became Fnu (MNU) LNU. Wait! Stop! Does this sound a bit like a page out of YOUR family tree? Are you spending…
DetailsDid you know there are three types of searches you can do on FamilySearch? The following instructions will help you learn how to navigate to each one: Search Tab The search tab at the top of the page on FamilySearch.org takes you to the following resources: Historical Records Genealogies Catalog Books Wiki Find You can…
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