Old Scrapbooks for Genealogy
Old scrapbooks are a great resource for discovering your family history, whether you find them in your family’s attic or you stumble across an obituary scrapbook in a local archive. Check out The Archive Lady’s tips for finding these one-of-a kind resources....
French Genealogy Records and More—Now Free Online!
Nearly 2.5 million French genealogy records are among the free collections now available online at FamilySearch.org. Also: German church records, Dutch civil registrations and 3 free digital archives for researching U.S. ancestors in CT, GA and NJ. Free French...
Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 216
The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode #216 with Lisa Louise Cooke In this episode: Lisa shares her experiences Down Under in Australia Enjoy Lisa's exclusive RootsTech 2018 interview with Findmypast CEO Tamsin Todd; Military Minutes contributor Michael Strauss shines a...
7 Sources for Finding Immigrant Ancestors
If you have immigrant ancestors who arrived in the U.S in the 1900s, these 7 sources can help you track their journey—perhaps even to that overseas hometown, so crucial to your genealogy success! (Thanks to Legacy Tree Genealogists for providing us with this guest...
Vintage NYC Street Views on Google Earth
You can now see New York City street views from the late 1800s and early 1900s as Google Earth street views. Take a virtual visit to the Big Apple as it was 100 years ago! Or travel back even further in time to an 1836 map of NYC conveniently overlaid on a modern...
Relative Race Season 3: It’s Not Too Late to Catch It!
Relative Race season 3 is still going strong. Are you watching this family-friendly reality TV series? It's also family-history friendly! If you haven't tuned in yet, consider catching up by watching free episodes you've missed. Check details here for the rest of the...
Denmark Church Records and More Now Online
New online! Denmark church records, Yorkshire parish records, English and Irish estate records, French church and civil registration records, German vital records, Irish townland indexes, and U.S. collections for Georgia, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. They’re all...
Must-have genealogy tips featured in new Premium Podcast episode
Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 157 is ready for you! This episode features a variety of must-have tips for the family historian: courthouse research strategies, identifying old family memorabilia, and using YDNA to learn more about your paternal line....
How to Remove Damage from Old Photos in 10 Easy Steps
Here’s how to remove damage from photos, such as those commonly found on Polaroid Land pictures. It’s a simple digital photo restoration technique you can use to improve your old family photos. See how Lisa Louise Cooke cleaned up a precious family photo as a surprise...
Passport Applications for Genealogy: A Birth Mom’s Life
Using passport applications in genealogy can lead to family history discoveries! See how this intrepid researcher tracked down passport applications that weren’t online. And then see what he learned about the life of a birth mother after she gave up her child in the...
Find US Ancestors In These New Online Resources
See if you can find U.S. ancestors using these new online resources (many of them free!): U.S. Supreme Court cases; an African American research guide; newspapers serving Illinois, Iowa, North Carolina and Texas; orphan train riders and Rhode Island burials since...
Finding Unprocessed Records at an Archive
This isn’t a mess—it’s a pile of unprocessed records at an archive, and buried within may be clues about your family history. Eventually, these items may be filed away neatly for you to find. But how can you access them in the meantime? As an archivist who works in an...
Online Genealogy Education Like You’ve Never Seen Before
Genealogy Gems Premium membership, a leader in online genealogy education, is now Genealogy Gems Premium eLearning! We’ve added more than 20 DNA video tutorials–all for one low annual price. And now make the most of 50+ Premium Videos and 150+ Premium...
How to Use the NEW MyHeritage DNA Chromosome Browser
The new MyHeritage DNA chromosome browser offers two different kinds of browsing--and a triangulation tool. Here’s what these tools are and how to work with them. Just last year, if you had asked me if I thought anyone could catch AncestryDNA in their race to own the...
New Irish genealogy records and more
New Irish genealogy records top this week’s list of noteworthy new family history collections online from around the globe. Also, find records for Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Guatemala, Spain, Wales and the U.S. (FBI criminal files and collections for CO, ID,...
Deciphering Place Names Just Got Easier
When you need help deciphering place names in hard-to-read genealogy documents, two free online tools may have great suggestions for you. Use them to take the guesswork out of identifying great-grandpa’s hometown! Thanks to guest blogger Katherine Schober, expert...
Celebrating Women in US Military History
Our female ancestors in the U.S. military had to serve incognito. Only in the 20th century have women served openly and with greater frequency---and in combat roles. Here, military expert Michael Strauss salutes the women who have bravely served, including one in his...
NEW! 23andMe DNA Test for Cancer Risk
The FDA has approved the first direct-to-consumer DNA test for cancer risk. Offered by 23andMe, results include genetic health risk reports on BRCA1- and BRCA2-related genetic risk for breast, ovarian and prostate cancer.DNA testing company 23andMe recently announced...
