If you’ve taken a DNA test with Ancestry, you probably looked at your match list and wondered how you’re going to figure out who all these people are. You’re not alone. DNA matches can be powerful tools, but they can also be overwhelming, especially when you’re trying to build your family tree or break downContinue reading “Beginner’s Guide To Ancestry’s New DNA Clustering Tool”
To truly understand our ancestors beyond their names and dates, we must discover how they lived. What was their neighborhood like? Where did they work? We can use census records, city directories, and newspaper articles to help with this. One other helpful genealogy resource is maps. And today, I’m specifically talking about Sanborn Fire InsuranceContinue reading “Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Are A Powerful Genealogy Tool”
If you’ve been doing genealogy for a while, you probably already know about FamilySearch.org. It’s a free website with millions of historical records from all over the world. You may have searched the indexed records, attached sources to people in your tree, and even used the Research Wiki or the Catalog. But there’s one toolContinue reading “How To Use FamilySearch Images For Genealogy Research”
