Category: Genealogy Guides

The 3 Free Scanning Apps That Helped Reveal Long Hidden Details in This Old Photo Last Updated December 12, 2020 Ancestry 50% Off Gift Memberships for Black Friday (Gift to Anyone, Even Yourself!) by Donna Streetenberger Photo scanning apps have long replaced desktop and wand scanners as a great way to save genealogy records and…

Online Genealogy Records Can Disappear: Simple Ways to Protect Your Research Last Updated December 27, 2018 Ancestry 50% Off Gift Memberships for Black Friday (Gift to Anyone, Even Yourself!) By Janet Meydam These days, millions of people have family trees online, with facts and sources gathered from the many online databases that are available via…

Why Getting to Know an Ancestor’s Location Can Be a Research Game Changer Last Updated December 19, 2018 Ancestry 50% Off Gift Memberships for Black Friday (Gift to Anyone, Even Yourself!) By Janet Meydam As family history researchers we often get caught up exploring the people in our family tree and we forget to take…

The Search Tricks You Need to Find Your Ancestors With Bing Last Updated February 25, 2024 Ancestry 50% Off Gift Memberships for Black Friday (Gift to Anyone, Even Yourself!) As search engines go, Google is the undisputed king. Across the globe Google garners more than 82 percent of searches, which is probably why the name has…

The Dos and Don’ts for Preserving Old Family Photos at Home Last Updated December 2, 2023 Ancestry 50% Off Gift Memberships for Black Friday (Gift to Anyone, Even Yourself!) For the family history researcher, finding a stash of old family photos can be a true genealogy jackpot! And while our first inclination might be to…

Why You Need to Quit Attaching Records to Your Family Tree, and What to Do Instead Last Updated August 29, 2020 Ancestry 50% Off Gift Memberships for Black Friday (Gift to Anyone, Even Yourself!) It wasn’t all that long ago that genealogists stored their family trees offline. These ‘old school’ family researchers owned actual physical…

You Can Now Use Your Phone to Turn Old Negatives and Slides Into Photos Last Updated January 10, 2020 Ancestry 50% Off Gift Memberships for Black Friday (Gift to Anyone, Even Yourself!) By Janet Meydem Wouldn’t it be nice to see what’s really on all those old family photo negatives or slides you’ve been carefully…

Are Ancestry’s Hints Helping or Hurting Your Research? The Dos and Don’ts You Need to Know Last Updated December 5, 2023 Ancestry 50% Off Gift Memberships for Black Friday (Gift to Anyone, Even Yourself!) The Hints feature has long been a cornerstone of Ancestry’s website and subscription service. If you’ve used their family tree for…

8 Genealogy Podcasts That Will Make You a Better Researcher Last Updated January 10, 2020 Ancestry 50% Off Gift Memberships for Black Friday (Gift to Anyone, Even Yourself!) By Patricia Hartley If you’re among the 49% of Americans who have never listened to a podcast, there’s never been a better time to start – especially…

Can Your Family Tree Pass the Genealogy Proof Test? Last Updated November 30, 2023 Ancestry 50% Off Gift Memberships for Black Friday (Gift to Anyone, Even Yourself!) For most of us, starting the journey of discovering our ancestors and adding them to a family tree is very exciting. For the first time we are proving…