Learn from professional genealogist Aimee Cross her strategies for researching pre-1850 ancestors. As you may know, census records prior to 1850 only show the head of household. So how do you research your genealogy before 1850 if they don’t show the family members? Aimee has a 7 step process sheContinue Reading
Should you use other member trees? Yes or No? This is a Tiny Tip Clip from the original episode called Avoiding Mistakes on Ancestry.Continue Reading
Learn about the basics of the U.S. Census records in this Tiny Tip Clip from the original series on U.S.Census records and how they can help you with your family history research. Census records are the backbone of our genealogy.Continue Reading
You always want to search for the original record. Believe it or not, Ancestry, FamilySearch, and MyHeritage do not have the original records. In this episode I’m going to show you how and why you should find the original records for your ancestral research.Continue Reading
Learn where to find your ancestors photos in immigration records and yearbooks. This is two clips from the previous episode “10 Places to Find Your Ancestors in Photos.”Continue Reading
In this Tiny Tip Clip from a previous episode, I’m grouping DNA matches using the Shared Matches Tool. This is from the original episode called Grouping DNA Matches on Ancestry; Clarified.Continue Reading
In this video learn how to extract ancestors from city directories using Ancestry into Excel. Here we demonstrate this family history strategy using Ancestry, but can be done from any online genealogy website that has city directories, such as MyHeritage too. This can also be done using Google Sheets insteadContinue Reading
What is a floating tree? Why should you create a floating tree? This is an excellent strategy for genealogy research to find other ancestors within your ancestors clan. This is a Tiny Tip Clip from a previous episode listed below. In this episode I’ll show you how to create aContinue Reading
Learn five tips that will make you a better genealogy researcher. These are some of the best family history strategies all in one presentation. Plus we’ll answer your questions. There is a handout for this episode for Info Channel Members, Happy Dance level Patrons, and they are available at https://genealogytv.org/ Continue Reading
NEW TODAY! Fixing mistakes on your Ancestry.com tree can be easy. In this video we’ll talk about how to prevent duplicate ancestors in your Ancestry.com tree. This is a clip from the original episode Fixing Mistakes on Ancestry.Continue Reading