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Favorite Reads of the Week: 24 September 2016 – Making history relevant, good hair, name change

Creating and Sharing Family History Should We Try to Make History “Relevant”? by Lauren S. Brown at Middle Web Sharing Family History Through Food: Apple Crisp Recipe by Janet Havorka at Zap the Grandma Gap Childless Matters by Janice Jacobs at The APH Blog “I Lost My Photos on My Phone!!” Here’s What You Need to Do by Lisa Louise Cooke at Genealogy Gems What’s in Your Closet? by Cathy Gilmore at the Kindex Blog Family history is circular by Carolyn […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer September 24, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

Productivity Counts: Making the Best Use of Your Family History Time

Do you wish you had more time to devote to your genealogical research or family history projects? Do you ever sit down to your computer and after an hour wonder what you’ve accomplished? I’ve found that most people feel time crunched and struggle with feeling productive in their family history efforts. When I set the goal to become an accredited genealogist I wondered how I could possibly get everything done. This year I’ve worked hard to develop several […]

By Diana Elder September 23, 2016 Accreditation, Organizing, Research Tips

Where Did My Ancestor Live? How Enumeration District Maps Can Fill in the Blanks, Part 2

This is part 2 of a 3 part series: Where Did My Ancestor Live? How Enumeration District Maps Can Fill in the Blanks. Part 1: Enumeration District Descriptions Part 2: Civil Districts and Other County Divisions Part 3: Maps of Enumeration Districts Civil Districts and Other County Divisions In this post, we will learn about the county division field on the census and how it can help us map our ancestors’ census location. In part 1 of this […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer September 21, 2016 Records, Research Tips

Back To School: Those Valuable Homestead Records

Do you have anyone in your family who took advantage of the Homestead Law of 1862? It is estimated that 2 million individuals applied for up to 320 acres of free land and your ancestor might be among them. What kind of records did the Homestead Law generate? How can you find out if your ancestors filed claims? What does a case file look like? September is “back to school month,” so get ready to learn the […]

By Diana Elder September 19, 2016 Records, Research Tips

Favorite Reads of the Week: 17 September 2016 – Reasons to attend RootsTech, handwritten letters, oral history

News Popular RootsTech Event Open for Registration at the FamilySearch Blog Third Annual 2017 RootsTech Innovator Showdown Boasts $100,000 in Prizes at the FamilySearch Blog 7 Reasons to Attend RootsTech 2017 by Tyler S. Stahle at the FamilySearch Blog FGS Next Project – #FGS2016 at The Ancestry Insider Find A Grave Community Weekend on October 7-9 by Jessica Murray at the Ancestry.com Blog Family History Easy Button: Create New Sources in Family Tree from MyHeritage by Logan Steele at the […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer September 17, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

Where Did My Ancestor Live? How Enumeration District Maps Can Fill in the Blanks, Part 1

Where Did He Live? When researching in U.S. Census records, have you ever wanted to locate your ancestor on the map but the census place was unclear? This happened to me when I found my relative, James F. Maness, on the 1900 census. I checked the header info on the census form, but the ‘township or other division of county’ was listed as “4 district” and the field for ‘name of incorporated city, town, or village, within […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer September 15, 2016 Records, Research Tips

Family History is for Everyone Spotlight: Elisse and Rob

Today I’m introducing two young genealogists, Elisse and Robert Brady. They are sharing how they became interested in genealogy and family history and what they like about it. For more information about the LDS topics they discuss, see Why Family History is Important at Mormon.org. Elisse My name is Elisse Brady. I live in Idaho Falls, ID with my husband and my daughter. I love riding my bike, eating black licorice, reading books, teaching junior high English, […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer September 12, 2016 Family History is for Everyone Spotlights

Favorite Reads of the Week: 10 September 2016 – Grandparents day, ancient obituary, why Mormons do genealogy

Grandparents Day 50 Books for Grandparents Day by Emily Schroeder at Growing Little Leaves How Well Do You Know Your Grandparents’ Story? at the Ancestry.com Blog Three Ideas for Honoring Your Grandparents This Grandparents Day by Maggie Mora at the Ancestry.com Blog News Professor Translates 1,700-Year-Old Obituary From Ancient Greek at NPR – a Brigham Young University Professor recognized ancient Greek on a mislabeled epitaph in a rare book room at the University of Utah. Guild of One-Name Studies […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer September 11, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

“Homeplace” by Ann Shelby – Three Ways for Kids to Experience Their Ancestor’s Homeplace

We are reading Homeplace by Ann Shelby this month. You can read my review of Homeplace here. The story is about a family who lives in the same place and takes care of the family farm for several generations. They feel a close connection with the land and the home. Kids love to feel that same connection to their grandparents and ancestors. Here are three ways you can help kids experience their ancestor’s homeplace: Look at Pictures of […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer September 8, 2016 Families and Children, Kids Book Club

Favorite Reads of the Week: 24 September 2016 – Making history relevant, good hair, name change

Productivity Counts: Making the Best Use of Your Family History Time

Where Did My Ancestor Live? How Enumeration District Maps Can Fill in the Blanks, Part 2

Back To School: Those Valuable Homestead Records

Favorite Reads of the Week: 17 September 2016 – Reasons to attend RootsTech, handwritten letters, oral history

Where Did My Ancestor Live? How Enumeration District Maps Can Fill in the Blanks, Part 1

Family History is for Everyone Spotlight: Elisse and Rob

Favorite Reads of the Week: 10 September 2016 – Grandparents day, ancient obituary, why Mormons do genealogy

“Homeplace” by Ann Shelby – Three Ways for Kids to Experience Their Ancestor’s Homeplace

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