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Fast Access to Important Public Records By : The internet has truly revolutionized our way of living. Gone are the days that you are compelled to visit a department store to buy something, go to a driver license office to personally renew your driver license or stay long at a library to find an important information you desperately need. In our day and age, doing these things are equivalent to just a few clicks. By using your computer, almost everything can now be done online at the comforts of your own home. Genealogy Research and Ancestry DNA Testing: Are Genetics Scientists Really Edacious Grave Diggers? By : Marci Lynn Did you know that genetic scientists can provide you with valuable ancestry information via your DNA and via the DNA of someone else? Who’s the “mystery” person? Well, it’s not you deceased great grandmother—that’s for sure. Not just names, dates and places please By : David McLeod Don’t let the results of your family history searches become just a list of ‘facts’. Remember the first word is ‘family’, and this means people. It’s the little anecdotes that bring them to life as well as interesting others in what you’re doing. This is a sample of some of the snippets we’ve found. 3 High and Low Tech Tools for Genealogy Research By : andrewj I don't know about you, but I've always been interested in my past. My way past, that is. That past that was even before I was born. Well, of course I'm talking about my ancestors. Those very people who had a part in making me who I am today. Family Trees That Talk - Interviewing Relatives By : A great place to begin your family history research is to interview relatives. Particularly those with long memories. Be aware though, all that they say may not be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. But you will gain interesting insights into life in the 'olden days' and, hopefully, some valuable information. A tale of genealogy, fraud and poverty By : John What makes us the sort of people we are? It is certainly not only our environment or our upbringing but it’s the attitudes and traits that are passed on to us from generation to generation and it’s by understanding our genealogy and family History that we come to understand ourselves. How the Social Security Death Index Can Help your Genealogical Search By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook Anyone who is interested in researching their family tree knows how wonderful it would be to have vital information on their ancestors available to them at the stroke of a key. The Social Security Death Index, a huge database compiled by the United States Social Security Administration, is a gold mine to be plumbed for genealogists searching for recent ancestors, and it's only a computer disc or internet search away. Courting Information - How the Local Courthouse Can Be a Wealth of Information By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook As a genealogist you have probably heard that a trip to any courthouse should be a last resort. This advice is passed along as a result of a bad experience or multiple bad experiences in visiting the courthouse. However, that is just not true; a trip to the local courthouse can result in a great deal of information that may be valuable to your genealogical searches. The idea is to know what you are getting into when starting your genealogy search and what you should do when you get to the courthouse. Why Double or Triple Checking Facts is Important in Ancestral Investigations By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook When researching your ancestors, it is crucial to your research that you find their correct vital statistics. You need to know their full name, birth date and location, marriage date and location, death date and location, and the full name of their parents. In order to insure that your vital statistics are correct, it is critically important for you to stay organized and check and re-check your facts based on a variety of sources. What's in a Name? Why Spelling is so important in your Ancestry Search By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook What's in a name? The answer is, quite a bit actually. If you are beginning a search of your family tree it will help you tremendously to know the history of your family name, or for that matter of the names of other branches of the family. Many times names were changed when people immigrated to this country. What Property Records Can Tell You about Your Family's Past By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook Property records can tell you a lot about your family's past. Real estate leaves a paper trail. Deeds, wills, deeds of trust, property transfer agreements, mortgages, homestead records, land grants, all can go a long ways towards helping you trace the path that your ancestors took to reach the area where you grew up. Organizations and Unions - Searching for Family via Membership By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook Researching the branches of your family tree can be a complex and time-consuming process. Sometimes you may feel like you have reached a dead end and not know where else you can look. That's when it's time to think like your ancestors and look for them in unexpected places. Perhaps they were a member of a church, a professional organization, or a civic organization Logging the Family History - Why Documentation Is Important By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook Once you've begun the process of researching your family history, you've probably also begun the long practice of writing your family story. The family story is a concise, logical document that can help others to view your research in a reader-friendly format. It can help them become truly interested in the research that you have done. One of the most important aspects of any family story, though, is the documentation of sources Interviewing Older Relatives about your Family History By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook If you are interested in genealogy, you know that there is a plethora of resources out there for you to use in your search for knowledge about your family. You know that the internet has a number of sites and resources for you and you have probably gotten a lot of information from there. In addition, libraries, town halls, and even hospitals are great sources of information as well. Have you considered, though, that perhaps the best resource for genealogy may be easier than any of these? Important Tips of Unearthing Vital Statistic Information on Ancestors By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook When researching ancestors, then vital statistic information can be of vital importance. Digging up the dirt on your family is easier when you have some basic information. Start out with a note pad, making notes. First start with your parents, then your grandparents, great grandparents, and so on, working back as far as you can, listing their full names, their birthdates, and all other information you know about them. How Your Local Library Can Provide Clues to Your Ancestry By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook Joining the world of genealogy research can be quite exciting at times. At other times, though, it can be confusing and difficult. It can be hard to locate sources of information about your family; it can also be hard to figure out who is related to whom. Starting your genealogy research can be a difficult and daunting task. With so many resources at your fingertips, it can be difficult to decide where to start your research. One of the best places to begin your genealogy research, though, is your local library. How to Locate Maiden Names for your Genealogy Search By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook When working on your genealogy, sometimes the most difficult obstacle to overcome is that of finding the maiden names of female ancestors. However, by finding this information you can be lead to an entirely new branch of your family tree and a whole new set of information and history to explore How to Let Go of Those Dead End Leads in Genealogy Research By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook When someone begins to make efforts in finding out their past with genealogy research, they may begin to run into dead end leads. This happens when you begin to find something on your family history, but it ends up going in circles or leading to the same information that you have already found. How Networking with Other Amateur Genealogists Helps your Search By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook Genealogy is fast becoming one of the best and most popular hobbies. As a result, there are thousands of people working on their own genealogies. Networking with other amateur genealogists helps your search in a number of different ways Historical Museums May Help in your Ancestral Research By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook Genealogy is, essentially, a historical endeavour. Genealogists attempt to discover not only the history of a family but also the history of individuals living during a specific time period. The importance of understanding the social and cultural forces shaping your ancestors during a particular slice of history can not be overstated Four Tips for Writing Genealogical Inquiries By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook Before writing any genealogical inquiry that is going to be turned into any official place, such as the Census bureau or the Bureau of Indian Affairs, it is best to make sure you have all your chickens in a row so to speak. You need to make sure beyond a doubt that the information you give them is completely true to the best of your knowledge Fact or Fiction: How to Know When You Have a True Lead In your Family Research By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook Deciding to create a family genealogy requires knowing where to search and how to find accurate information. One of the problems that will occur when recording family history is finding leads that do not hold true about your history Eight Ways to Avoid Barking Up the Wrong Family Tree By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook For anyone into genealogy there is nothing more frustrating than doing hours and sometimes day's worth of research only to find that you have been looking at bad information or even in the wrong family. It is a problem that plagues everyone who has ever dabbled in genealogy and one that you should try to avoid Bring to Life Those Dead Ends in your Genealogy Research By : Paul Duxbury and Kevin Cook If you are into genealogy, you will at some time or another hit a dead end. It is just a fact that dead ends are a part of this hobby, and they are frustrating. However, you will want to have strategies that will help you to get over, around, or through these dead end obstacles in your family searches Attic Archaeology By : Bob It's amazing what can be found in old trunks and shoeboxes. A family history amounts to more than mere vital statistics. While many searchers compile lists of names, birth, marriage and death dates, they often miss the most important part--who were these people? Letters, diaries, personal journals, memoirs, photo albums, clothing and other family artifacts can add flesh and blood to the ancestral bones and show these peoples' personalities As in archaeology, the people who could have answered questions are long gone. But their thoughts remain.

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