Happy New Year! Create Genealogy Research Goals for 2020
With this Tiny Tip Tuesday… get inspired to write down your research goals and plans for 2020. With research goals, you create research questions, with research questions, you can create research plans, with research plans you develop places to look for your ancestors, but it all starts with what doContinue Reading
FamilySearch.org: 5 Tips for Free Genealogy Research (2020)
In this video, I show you my five favorite ways to do genealogy research in 2020 on the totally free website FamilySearch.org, but I also show you how I use these FamilySearch tools together to maximize your results. Connie’s Method for Using FamilySearch.org First pick a primary location for yourContinue Reading
Inspiring You to Write About Your Holiday Memories
In this video I hope to inspire you to write about your holiday experience and childhood memories.Continue Reading
5 Tips on How to Read Old Documents: Paleography
Reading old documents certainly can be a challenge. Learn my five tips for reading old documents (a.k.a. Paleography in the US or Palaeography in the UK). Plus here is a list of several free paleography courses on the web so you can study at your leisure. Paleography Resources Free CoursesContinue Reading
Five Reasons To Go To Genealogical Conferences
Here are five reasons why you should go to genealogical conferences. Learn tips and trick for your next conference trip.Continue Reading
City Directories & Old Telephone Books: What’s In Them & Where to Find Them
Learn about where to find City Directories & Old Telephone Books and what’s in them to help your genealogy research. “I think they can have almost as much information as a census record and they were created every couple of years” said Connie Knox. Check out this video to learnContinue Reading
Five Books Every Genealogist Should Have
Here are five books that every genealogist should have in their library. Plus a bonus book as one of my favorite family history books. Click the image to go to the book, if one suits your fancy! They are: #1 Evidence Explained, by Elizabeth Shown Mills is the gold standardContinue Reading
Ten Places to Find Your Ancestors in Photographs
Here are 10 places to look for your ancestors in photographs. We all love a good image of every ancestor in our family tree. Check out these ten places to find ancestors portrait or group family image. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A LIST OF ALL 10 PLACESContinue Reading
How to Archive Your Family History Documents, Photos, & Artifacts
Do you know how to preserve your family artifacts? Today we’re talking about how to keep those family heirlooms, documents, bibles, newspapers and more… safe and dry for future generations. Today’s guest is known as “The Archives Lady” her name is Melissa Barker. She is a Certified Archives Manager currentlyContinue Reading