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How to Find the Whole Family on Census Records

Written by Tiffany on October 23, 2020.

You search census records for your ancestral family and you think you’ve found the whole family. Then you discover that the husband or wife had a second marriage. Or the family had another child you didn’t know about. Sometimes that happens to the best of us! So today I’m sharing some basic tips to help you on census records....

5 Genealogy TV Shows that I Love

Written by Tiffany on October 16, 2020.

Are you looking for a different genealogy TV show to watch? I’m always on the hunt for these kinds of shows. Do you have a favorite genealogy TV show that you watch religiously? I do! I have several and I want to share some of them with you. So here goes… Finding Your Roots I love this show! My husband rolls his eyes when a new...

How History Creates Records for Genealogy

Written by Tiffany on October 9, 2020.

Genealogists have a practice of looking at a historical event and seeing what records this created for genealogy purposes. Looking at history with a genealogical perspective is an important skill. We have been going through some major events in 2020, haven’t we? What records do you think will be created because of COVID and other events? Let’s...

How to Easily Find the History of Your House

Written by Tiffany on October 2, 2020.

We talk a lot about our family history, but do you know your house history? Houses have histories, too! We used to live in a house that was built in the 1920’s and had been renovated over the years. I loved that house, but it had many challenges to it as well. I really wanted to learn the history of our house, but unfortunately, we moved before...

Free Genealogy Websites that I Use and Love

Written by Tiffany on September 25, 2020.

We all love something that’s free, right? My husband is famous for saying, “If it’s free, it’s for me!” This is also the case for free genealogy websites. We are all looking for more free websites that will get us the genealogy information or record that we need. Therefore, I compiled a list of some of the free websites...

2 Ways to Keep Genealogy Fun When Researching

Written by Tiffany on September 18, 2020.

Sometimes we stop our genealogy journey because it’s not fun anymore, right? We lose the excitement or the novelty of the project and now we’re left with the work. This is a crossroads moment. Will we choose to press forward knowing that it won’t be as much fun or do we stop where we are and move to something else? Sometimes that...

3 Simple Steps to go from Overwhelm to Productive

Written by Tiffany on September 4, 2020.

Right now we are very accustomed to going through the roller coaster of emotions. This particularly happens when we look at all of the genealogy projects we want to do, right? There’s so many good genealogy activities that will fill our time with joy, but sometimes we feel overwhelmed. There’s just so much to do! So let me share with...

Effective Tips When Stuck on a Certain Family Member

Written by Tiffany on August 29, 2020.

Are you stuck on a family member and can’t get past them in your genealogy research? You want to push back in your family tree, but you just can’t move past this one family member. You feel certain that ancestor is out there with records about his/her life, but for the life of you, you can’t find them! Welcome to what we lovingly...

What to do When You Have a Full Family Tree

Written by Tiffany on August 22, 2020.

Are you the type of person who has a full family tree? Do you have relatives who are enthusiastic about researching and connecting the family and have “done all of the work”? I get this excuse a lot when I talk with people about their family history. They say all of the work has been done and they know their ancestry for 8+ generations....