Do you wish you knew more about your ancestor's everyday life experience? Use social history for genealogy: to fill in...
Writing Family History Articles
Interview with Laura Ingalls Wilder Editor Pamela Smith Hill: Genealogy Gems Book Club
Are you a Laura Ingalls Wilder fan, lover of western U.S. history or writer of family history? You'll love our...
Laura Ingalls Wilder Stories: A Patchwork of Little House Gems
Since featuring Pioneer Girl in the Genealogy Gems Book Club, so many Little House gems have surfaced that we wanted...
Write Your Family History: A Printed Book or Digital Archive?
It's time (maybe past time!) to write your family history. Should you write a book or throw everything into a digital...
7 Reasons to Start a Family History Blog
More and more people are blogging about their family history. Here's why! When it comes right down to it, many of us...
WDYTYA Archive: What They Didn’t Tell Us In Ginnifer’s Episode
Not every juicy finding makes it into each episode of Who Do You Think You Are. Here's what ended up on the cutting...
How to Reconstruct Your Early Childhood Memories and Stories
Most of us don't recall our early years well. How can we tell our life's story if we don't remember the first chapter?...
Family History for Kids Starts WITH the Kids
Kids don't recall much of their young lives. But we as parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles know their stories. We...
Amazing Family History Find in a Basement!
A recent email from listener Helen reminds us to search our basements and attics for unique and amazing family history...