I spent last week in an institute course offered by the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy titled Metes & Bounds Land Platting. It was a fantastic course and I'm excited to share a little bit about my experience. First, a little bit about metes ...
Research 101: Step One: Find Someone to Research
To prepare for the first step in the research process, I suggested creating a free FamilySearch account and connecting yourself into the family tree. The next task was to learn how to navigate FamilySearch by completing the Signin and Naviation lesso ...
Research 101: Tools and Techniques for Beginning Genealogists
Genealogy research is founded on basic principles that hold true whether you are a novice or an expert. Following six simple steps will help you ask and answer questions about your ancestors and their extended families. Increasing familiarity with hi ...
Win a Pass to RootsTech 2023
RootsTech 2023 is rapidly approaching! It will be held both in person and virtually on March 2-4, with different course offerings for each event. The virtual event is free, and a pass to the in-person event is just $98 for all three days. You can reg ...
How and Why to Create a Free FamilySearch Account and Add Yourself to the Family Tree
FamilySearch is one of the major genealogy websites. Everyone who desires to work on their family history should create a free account and utilize it regularly. In addition to being an online repository that holds billions of historical documents cre ...
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! 2022 was great, and I'm excited to see what 2023 will bring. I'm starting off the new year with a fresh, new look for my website and a new focus: GenealogyNow: Family History for All Ages and Stages. I'm excited to create and ...
Growing Up in the Union Church in Pennsylvania
A reader recently stumbled upon an article I wrote in 2019 titled Union Churches in Pennsylvania. He graciously emailed me an account written by his mother, Anna Deppen Lutz, who was born in 1928 and was "baptized, confirmed and married in St. Luke's U ...
Setting Goals for Accreditation: Seven Strategies for Success
I completed the accreditation process and became an official Accredited Genealogist® professional in March. This came after many hours of research and preparation, but it was well worth the time spent, and I learned a few things about the ...
Who Were Your Grandparents? Almost Half of Americans Surveyed Could Not Name All Four
I read something that was a little disconcerting this week. In a study conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Ancestry, a survey of individuals in key cities across the United States revealed that only 47 percent of respondents could correctly name all f ...
Friday Favorites: Five Must-Watch Sessions from RootsTech 2022
RootsTech took place virtually on March 3-5, 2022, but did you know that that weekend was simply the "launch" of a full year of RootsTech? All sessions created for this conference, along with a majority of those created for RootsTech Connect 2021 wi ...
