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October is Family History Month

Happy Monday, it is amazing that the year is nearly over. October is Family History Month, and with the Holidays around the corner there will be plenty of time to share memories, both past and present with family. This year I met a distant relative through my Grandfather Tryon’s side. We have been exchanging information [Read On]

1940 US Census Project- Volunteers Needed

Community Outreach 1940 Newspaper Article Historic Census to Shed New Light on the Greatest Generation   What do General George Patton, John F. Kennedy, Dan Rather, Betty White, and Jesse Owens have in common?   They can all be found in the 1940 U.S. Census, newly released by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. [Read On]

World Vital Records -A MyHeritage Company

Recently World Vital Records and MyHeritage merged combining the two companies into one large resource for Genealogists. WorldVitalRecords.com will continue to grow and be focused towards the skilled genealogist. The content on that World Vital Records contains over 4.5 billion names and continues to grow every day. With the newly added strength of MyHeritage the [Read On]

Organizing your research

First I sort everything by the family surnames into binder inside page protectors.  Then I arrange all family documents into Location, it also helps break things down into a time line, using Ahnentafel numbering system. The Ahnentafel is a list of all known ancestors of a specific individual. It charts use a strict numbering scheme to make [Read On]

FREE Webinar Family Tree University

Researching your family history can be a great adventure. In this free Expert Webinars, Desmond Walls Allen, author of Family History Detective: A Step-by-Step Guide to Investigating Your Family Tree, will discuss research principles guaranteed to give you success. Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2011Starting Time: 1 p.m. Eastern/10 a.m. PacificPresenter: Desmond Walls Allen, author of [Read On]

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Get 20% off Family Tree Maker 2012 at Ancestry.com ends in 2 days. It isn’t to late to get this discount on the latest, improved software. You can still search for all the wonderful resources through Ancestry.com as before.Features will include TreeSync — lets you easily synchronize your tree in Family Tree Maker with an [Read On]

Get 20% Off of Family Tree Maker 2012

Get 20% off Family Tree Maker 2012 at Ancestry.com There are 12 more days til the offical release of the newest software which will allow you to sync your trees with distant relatives. I am still waiting, not so patiently for my copy of FTM 2012. Am really excited to see the enhancements of the [Read On]

Researching your Genealogy

There are a few days left with Ancestry.com free weekend. Ancestry.com is a great place and the largest resource for Genealogy. However, there are many different sites to find this information; some may have more information than others. Here is a list of the various links, and their benefits. Ancestry.com: the largest and oldest site [Read On]