Two weeks ago in my Research Like a Pro with DNA study group we worked on locality research. The ancestors I am currently researching immigrated from Galicia, which was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1815-1918, to Cohoes, New York. They ...
This week I helped a young woman discover some of her ancestors. She previously didn’t even know her grandparents’ full names. She was able to track down their names, and we entered them into her new FamilySearch account. One of her grandfathers is ...
Last fall I visited the graves of my 5th great-grandparents, Perez Ormsby Mason and Martha Lois Barney. They lived, died, and were buried in Monroe, Grafton County, New Hampshire. I know a lot about their grandson, my 3rd great-grandfather Amasa Ma ...
This week I worked on a timeline analysis for the subject of my DNA research objective for the Research Like a Pro With DNA Study Group I am currently participating in. I also continued charting DNA matches using Lucidchart. It's be ...
Last week I began the Research Like a Pro With DNA study group, hosted by Diana Elder, Nicole Dyer, and Robin Wirthlin of Family Locket. I've been excited to learn more about using DNA as an additional source of evidence in my research and I am lear ...
Have you had your DNA tested with Ancestry, MyHeritage, or 23andMe? Did you know that you can download your raw data and upload it to other sites, often without additional cost to you? There are a couple of reasons to do this. First, each testing ...
A few months ago, I completed a project in which the objective was to determine which of two Jacob Fishers living in Northampton County, Pennsylvania in the 1790 census was my ancestor. I used the FAN principle and created a fan club made up of ...
Did you know that the FamilySearch Research Wiki provides Genealogical Word Lists for localities that have records written in foreign languages? I first discovered this when looking at Lutheran Church Records in Pennsylvania that were written in Ger ...
Last weekend I spent some time trying to locate the marriage record of my husband's great-uncle John. John was the oldest child in his family, and my husband's Grandma Lois was the youngest. "Johnnie" joined the navy and moved away from home shortl ...
I hope you are enjoying learning about how to use FamilySearch's Family Tree app! Two weeks ago I wrote about the features found on the Home Screen of the app. Last week I focused on the options found under the More tab. Today, I wi ...
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