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5-Minute Family History

  • 5-Minute Family History: Attach a Record to Your Ancestor’s Profile at FamilySearch
  • 5-Minute Family History: Have Fun With Photos
  • 5-Minute Family History: Learn About Your Name
  • 5-Minute Family History: Open Those Emails from FamilySearch
  • FamilySearch Activity: Compare a Face
  • Fulfill Your Family History Resolutions with Help from the BYU Record Linking Lab
  • President’s Day Activity
  • The Best of 2024: Curating an Album with FamilySearch Memories
  • Video Presentation: 5 Ways to Do Family History in 5 Minutes
  • Write Your Life Story One Week at a Time
  • Beginning Research

  • Research 101 Step 4: Instant Records
  • Research 101 Step 5: Look for Additional Records
  • Research 101 Step 6: You Did It!
  • Research 101 Step Three: Map and Time Line
  • Research 101 Step Two: Analyze What is Already Known
  • Research 101: Step One: Find Someone to Research
  • Research 101: Tools and Techniques for Beginning Genealogists
  • Book Reviews

  • Research Like a Pro With DNA: An Essential Addition to Every Genealogist’s Library
  • Discover Your Heritage

  • 3 Easy Ways to Discover Ancestor Stories
  • Becoming an Accredited Genealogist Professional: The Why, the What, the How
  • Beyond Find a Grave: How to use Cemetery Records in your Research
  • Celebrate Family History Month
  • Christmas Traditions
  • Extra Time on Your Hands? Dive Into Family History!
  • Family History on the Go: Using RecordSeek Mobile
  • Honoring My Pioneer Ancestors
  • My Heritage: A Grandmother’s Gift
  • THIS is Family History
  • What’s in a Name?
  • Who Were Your Grandparents? Almost Half of Americans Surveyed Could Not Name All Four
  • Write Your Life Story One Week at a Time
  • Youth Activity Idea: Ancestor Connections
  • Discovery

  • Celebrate Family History Month
  • FamilySearch Activity: Compare a Face
  • Happy New Year!
  • How and Why to Create a Free FamilySearch Account and Add Yourself to the Family Tree
  • Mission: Possible – Engaging Youth in Family History
  • President’s Day Activity
  • Relatives at RootsTech: Are We Related?
  • See the Impact of Your Indexing Efforts
  • The Best of 2024: Curating an Album with FamilySearch Memories
  • THIS is Family History
  • Three Ways to Find Ancestor Stories
  • Win a Pass to RootsTech 2023
  • Youth Activity Idea: Ancestor Connections
  • DNA

  • Color-Coding Ancestry DNA Matches
  • Discover, Gather, and Connect
  • Exploring DNA Tools
  • Finding William’s Father: DNA Cluster Analysis
  • Finding William’s Father: DNA Ethnicity Estimates and Locality Research
  • Finding William’s Father: My Research Plan
  • Finding William’s Father: New Leads
  • Finding William’s Father: Possible Candidates
  • Finding William’s Father: Timeline Analysis in a DNA Project
  • Finding William’s Father: Using DNA and Traditional Research to Solve a Family History Mystery
  • Learning More About DNA Matches
  • My Ancestry DNA Test Results
  • Reflection: Research Like a Pro With DNA Study Group
  • Research Like a Pro with DNA Study Group: Research Planning
  • Research Like a Pro With DNA: An Essential Addition to Every Genealogist’s Library
  • RLP Podcast Guest and a DNA Kit Giveaway
  • Uploading Ancestry DNA Data to Other Sites
  • Who Was the Father of William Munford Stubbs? Tracing Y-DNA Surnames
  • Who Was William Munford Stubbs’ Father?
  • Who Was William Munford Stubbs’ Father? Seeking Relevant Matches For Three Autosomal DNA Test Takers
  • Who Was William Munford Stubbs’ Father? Y-DNA Test Results Provide Possible Surnames
  • Eyewitness Accounts

  • Growing Up in the Union Church in Pennsylvania
  • Family History on the Go

  • Family History On-the-Go Part 2
  • Family History On-the-Go Part 3
  • Family History On-the-Go with FamilySearch Mobile Apps
  • Family History On-the-Go: The Family Search Memories App
  • Fulfill Your Family History Resolutions with Help from the BYU Record Linking Lab
  • The Best of 2024: Curating an Album with FamilySearch Memories
  • Video Presentation: 5 Ways to Do Family History in 5 Minutes
  • Friday Favorites

  • 4 Favorite Sources for Researching Ancestors in the United States
  • 5 Power Tools for Genealogists
  • Book Review: Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict
  • Discovering Ancestors on Pennsylvania Maps
  • Friday Favorites: Five Must-Watch Sessions from RootsTech 2022
  • Gather Your Tribe

  • Christmas Traditions
  • Close to Home: Discovering Ancestor Events in Your Neighborhood
  • Discover, Gather, and Connect
  • Family History Miracles
  • George Albert Moore, Surgeon
  • Paulina Eliza Phelps Lyman
  • Surrounded by Love
  • Using Compare-a-Face to Identify Old Photos
  • Genealogy Education

  • Creating Your Personalized Genealogy Education Plan for 2024
  • RootsTech 2024: My Online Class Recommendations
  • RootsTech 2024: Pro Tips for the In-Person Conference
  • Genealogy Humor

  • Am I Really Me?
  • Genealogy Terminology

  • Genealogical Word Lists At FamilySearch
  • Genealogy Terminology: Evidence
  • Genealogy Terminology: Gretna Green
  • Genealogy Terminology: Immigration and Emigration
  • Genealogy Terminology: Nonpopulation Schedules
  • Genealogy Terminology: Reasonably Exhaustive Research
  • Genealogy Terminology: Genealogical Proof Standard
  • Genealogy Terminology: Military Records
  • How To's and Helps

  • 4 Favorite Sources for Researching Ancestors in the United States
  • 5 Power Tools for Genealogists
  • Discovering Ancestor Migration Routes
  • Family History On-the-Go Part 2
  • Family History On-the-Go Part 3
  • Family History On-the-Go with FamilySearch Mobile Apps
  • FamilySearch Timeline Features Help You Research Like a Pro
  • German Genealogy Tools
  • Pro Tips for Using the FamilySearch Catalog More Efficiently
  • Source Citation Templates
  • Use RecordSeek to Quickly Record a Website as a Source at FamilySearch and Ancestry
  • Immigration and Naturalization

  • Finding Mary (Marna) Andersdotter: A Search for Immigration Records
  • Requesting Naturalization Records from USCIS
  • Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors: Discovering the Place of Origin
  • Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors: Naturalization Records
  • Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors: Passenger Lists
  • Locality Research

  • 9 Resources for Polish Research
  • Creating a Locality Guide for Norfolk, England
  • Discovering Ancestor Migration Routes
  • Discovering Ancestors on Pennsylvania Maps
  • Finding William’s Father: DNA Ethnicity Estimates and Locality Research
  • German Genealogy Tools
  • The French Republican Calendar
  • Understanding New York Jurisdictions
  • Methodology

  • Creating a Research Log
  • Creating a Research Objective
  • Creating a Research Plan
  • Creating Your Personalized Genealogy Education Plan for 2024
  • The Value of a Timeline for Genealogy Research
  • Writing a Genealogy Research Report
  • Mid-Atlantic Research

  • Creating a Research Reference Guide in Google Drive
  • Double Enumeration of the 1870 Census in Philadelphia
  • Ferdinand A. Brader: Documenting Pennsylvania Farm Life in the Late 1800s
  • Genealogy Terminology: Nonpopulation Schedules
  • Gratitude and Thanksgiving
  • Land Records for State-Land States
  • Learn More About Mid-Atlantic Research With These RootsTech Connect Presentations
  • Pennsylvania Archives
  • Pennsylvania Land Records: Deeds
  • Pennsylvania Land Records: First Titles
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Creating a Research Objective
  • Researching Your Pennsylvania German Ancestors
  • Revolutionary War Veterans
  • Union Churches in Pennsylvania
  • Military Records

  • Did Your Ancestor Serve in the Military?
  • Genealogy Terminology: Military Records
  • Revolutionary War Veterans
  • My Accreditation Journey

  • Creating a Research Reference Guide in Google Drive
  • Double Enumeration of the 1870 Census in Philadelphia
  • First Generation: Alfred W. Beck
  • Gratitude and Thanksgiving
  • How Reasonably Exhaustive Research Helped Me Discover an Elusive Ancestor
  • One-Year Blogiversary: Celebrating My Top Ten Blog Posts
  • Pennsylvania Archives
  • Preparing For ICAPGen Accreditation
  • Quick Reference Sheet: Clues Found on United States Census Records
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Creating a Research Objective
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Locality Research
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Research Logs
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Writing a Research Report
  • Research Like a Pro: Timeline Analysis
  • Setting Goals for Accreditation: Seven Strategies for Success
  • My Tribe

  • 3 Easy Ways to Discover Ancestor Stories
  • Belle Sanders–Belle of Wyoming Day
  • Close to Home: Discovering Ancestor Events in Your Neighborhood
  • Finding Mary (Marna) Andersdotter: A Search for Immigration Records
  • Finding William’s Father: Timeline Analysis in a DNA Project
  • How Reasonably Exhaustive Research Helped Me Discover an Elusive Ancestor
  • Separating Men of the Same Name
  • The Best of 2024: Curating an Album with FamilySearch Memories
  • Using Compare-a-Face to Identify Old Photos
  • What’s in a Name?
  • New Jersey

  • Use Tax Records to Help Overcome New Jersey Census Loss
  • New York

  • Finding Treasure at a Local Historical Society
  • Understanding New York Jurisdictions
  • Pennsylvania

  • Discovering Ancestors on Pennsylvania Maps
  • Double Enumeration of the 1870 Census in Philadelphia
  • Ferdinand A. Brader: Documenting Pennsylvania Farm Life in the Late 1800s
  • First Generation: Alfred W. Beck
  • Genealogy Terminology: Nonpopulation Schedules
  • Growing Up in the Union Church in Pennsylvania
  • How Reasonably Exhaustive Research Helped Me Discover an Elusive Ancestor
  • Pennsylvania Archives
  • Pennsylvania Land Records: First Titles
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Creating a Research Objective
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Locality Research
  • Union Churches in Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania

  • Pennsylvania Land Records: Deeds
  • Researching Your Pennsylvania German Ancestors
  • Productivity

  • 2020 in Review: Changing “To-Do” to “Done”
  • Adding Productivity Features to a OneNote Digital Journal
  • Records

  • Basics of Evidence Analysis, Part 2: Sources
  • Basics of Evidence Analysis, Part 3: Information
  • Basics of Evidence Analysis, Part 4: Evidence
  • Basics of Evidence Analysis, Part Five: Resolving Conflicts
  • Basics of Evidence Analysis, Part One: Introduction
  • Finding Your Ancestor’s Church
  • Metes & Bounds Land Platting: A SLIG 2023 Course
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group

  • Creating a Locality Guide for Norfolk, England
  • Creating a Research Log
  • Creating a Research Objective
  • Creating a Research Plan
  • Discover, Gather, and Connect
  • Discovering Ancestor Migration Routes
  • Exploring DNA Tools
  • My Research Like a Pro Study Group Experience
  • Reflection: Research Like a Pro With DNA Study Group
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Creating a Research Objective
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Locality Research
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Organization, Productivity, and Education
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Research Logs
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Source Citations
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Writing a Research Report
  • Research Like a Pro Study Group: Research Planning
  • Research Like a Pro with DNA Study Group: Research Planning
  • Research Like a Pro: Timeline Analysis
  • The Value of a Timeline for Genealogy Research
  • Writing a Genealogy Research Report
  • RootsTech

  • Relatives at RootsTech: Are We Related?
  • RootsTech 2024 Recap
  • RootsTech 2024: My Online Class Recommendations
  • RootsTech 2024: Pro Tips for the In-Person Conference
  • See the Impact of Your Indexing Efforts
  • RootsTech 2020

  • 5 Reasons to Attend Roots Tech
  • Looking Back at RootsTech 2020
  • RootsTech 2020 Pass Winner!
  • Tips for Navigating RootsTech 2020
  • Win a Free Pass to RootsTech 2020
  • RootsTech 2023

  • RootsTech 2023: How to Register and Prepare for the In-Person Event
  • RootsTech 2023: How to Register and Prepare for the Virtual Conference
  • Win a Pass to RootsTech 2023
  • RootsTech Connect 2021

  • Learn More About Mid-Atlantic Research With These RootsTech Connect Presentations
  • Register Today for RootsTech Connect
  • RootsTech Connect Presentations by Members of My FAN Club
  • RootsTech Connect Starts Tonight!
  • RootsTech Connect 2022

  • Are You Ready for RootsTech?
  • Friday Favorites: Five Must-Watch Sessions from RootsTech 2022
  • Sharing Your Family History

  • Last-Minute Christmas Gift Idea
  • What’s on the Menu? Foods From Grandma’s Kitchen
  • Telling Your Story

  • Creating A Digital Journal With Microsoft OneNote
  • Finding Treasure at a Local Historical Society
  • Living Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are You Writing This Down?
  • Tell YOUR Story Too!
  • The Records Tell a Story

  • Beyond Find a Grave: How to use Cemetery Records in your Research
  • Did Your Ancestor Serve in the Military?
  • Double Enumeration of the 1870 Census in Philadelphia
  • Finding Treasure at a Local Historical Society
  • First Generation: Alfred W. Beck
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • Fun Family History Finds: A Will and a Deed Help Solve a Family History Mystery
  • George Albert Moore, Surgeon
  • Interpreting Clues Found in Cemeteries
  • Land Records for State-Land States
  • Maximizing the Benefit of Census Records in Your Research
  • Paulina Eliza Phelps Lyman
  • Pennsylvania Land Records: Deeds
  • Phone Books as a Source for Genealogy Research
  • Quick Reference Sheet: Clues Found on United States Census Records
  • Researching Your Pennsylvania German Ancestors
  • Revolutionary War Veterans
  • State Censuses Help Fill In Important Details About the In-Between Census Years
  • The Records Tell a Story: Alfred Wakefield Beck and the Scofield Mine Disaster of 1900
  • The Value of a Census Study
  • U.S. Census Non-Population Schedules: Adding Details to Our Ancestors’ Lives
  • U.S. Church Records: A Valuable Substitute for Vital Records
  • Understanding the Probate Process
  • Use Tax Records to Help Overcome New Jersey Census Loss
  • Using Funeral Home Records in Your Genealogical Research
  • Using Land Records To Help Answer Research Questions
  • The Weekly Review

  • A Deep Dive into Polish Research
  • Discover, Gather, and Connect
  • Family History Consultant Resources
  • Family History Tools and Resources
  • Giveaways and a New Record Collection
  • Gratitude and Thanksgiving
  • I Love That I Can Work From Anywhere
  • Learning More About DNA Matches
  • Reflection: Research Like a Pro With DNA Study Group
  • Writing Your Family History

  • The Best of 2024: Curating an Album with FamilySearch Memories
  • Write Your Life Story One Week at a Time
  • Alice Childs, AG®

    Alice Childs

    As an Accredited Genealogist® professional, I am excited to help you connect with your ancestors through family history and genealogy research. Whatever your age or skill level, there is something here for you!

     

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