How can you find and fix genealogy inconsistencies? And which style should you choose? Read on.Have you always recorded facts in your family tree in the same way? Or did you do it one way when you first...
Gearing Up for All Your New DNA Matches
How many people do you think are opening a DNA kit today?Not everyone finds their DNA makeup or their ancestry intriguing.My relatives in Italy barely know about anyone beyond their great grandparents....
Which Global Map is Best for Genealogists?
Don't rely on one mapping tool when there are a few excellent ones.I'm the oddball who searches on Bing instead of Google. I love Bing's features (a daily image and top news stories). Plus I rack up points...
How to Make Custom Family Trees for the Holidays
On Friday I watched a presentation by a woman who creates one-of-a-kind family tree charts. (You can see it now.)Her designs inspired me to work on a special family tree design for my sister-in-law. We're...
How Much Can Your Learn from Your Relative's Obituary?
A well-written obituary can tell you so much about a relative's descendants.I am in awe of professional genealogists like Megan Smolenyak. She finds the living descendants of long-lost military servicemen...
3 Tricks for Better Genealogy Search Results
When your family won't turn up, try some tricky searches.How many times have you searched for your relative in a set of documents and found nothing? Or maybe you found a ton of results that looked like...
3 Ways to Prove Your Family Tree is Correct
You may not trust someone else's family tree, but you can stand behind your facts. Right?Every now and then you're going to find a very intriguing hint. From what you can see, it looks like it's your...
Closing the Book on One Family at a Time
Follow along as we figure out what's needed to "finish" documenting my grandmother's family.It's time to work closer to home. Complete your closest families' documents.Last time I talked about 4 keys—4...
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