Family history research can sometimes leave us feeling a little scatterbrained. While we don’t want to be thought of as a person incapable of serious,connected thought,but sometimes we can research that way. Lack of focus is a rookie mistake and we are unlikely to stay on task,especially when [...]
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Issue 48.11 Issue 47.11 Since we want to add a source citation every time we add an event to a family group record,we need to know what to include. In practice the first five elements are: Who is the author? What is the title? Where is the repository? Or where is the record found? [...] Issue 46.11 When you first begin doing family history or genealogy work,you usually get excited as you add new information that you forget to record where you found the information. It is best to record the sources as you go,so you won’t forget and so you can prove to others that [...] Issue 45.11 FamilySearch Historical Record Collections provide online access to indexes and digital images of records held by the Family History Library. These collections can include anything from census records to death records,military,voting,or christening from all over the world. The site can be accessed from www.familysearch.org homepage or click All [...] Issue 44.11 FamilySearch.org has over 2.5 billion records online,but did you know that by clicking the “Learn More” button featured with each record set,you can connect to additional information about the record sets on the FamilySearch Research Wiki? By clicking on the “Learn More” button you are instantly accessing a wealth [...] Issue 43.11 February 2–4,Salt Lake City,Utah RootsTech is a leading edge conference designed to bring technologists together with genealogists,so they can learn from each other and find solutions to the challenges they face in family history research today. At RootsTech,genealogists and family historians will discover emerging technologies to improve [...] Issue 42.11 RootsMagic,Inc. recently announced the official release of Personal Historian 2,the latest version of the ground-breaking computer software which helps you write the story of your life and of other individuals. Personal Historian breaks this seemingly monumental task into small,manageable pieces and then reconstructs it into a complete,publishable [...] Issue 41.11 This is the tenth anniversary of October being Family History Month. By unanimous consent,the Senate approved legislation on September 12,2001,introduced by Senator Orrin G. Hatch to designate October as “Family History Month” “millions of Americans are researching the history of their families,” said the Utah Republican. “Experts say [...] Issue 40.11 Many web sites have the United States Census records and many of us know they can be the ultimate resource. FamilySearch.org has the indexes for 1850 to 1930 and links to many of the images,but some are on paid sites and not available on FamilySearch. Archives.com recently completed their coverage [...] Issue 39.11 There was a lot of murmuring about the batch numbers not being searchable when FamilySearch went to the new format at www.familysearch.org for searching historical records. The latest version of FamilySearch allows you to search by batch numbers. However,the procedure is a bit different. 1. Go to https://www.familysearch.org/ 2. Find [...] |    | |||||
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