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Celebrating Irish Heritage on St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is only a few days away! Here are some ways that we’ve been celebrating our Irish Heritage: Learn about your Irish Heritage Did you know that 3.7 million American residents claim Irish ancestry? According to this graphic, that’s more than 7X the population of Ireland. Between 1830 and 1940, nearly 4.5 million Irish immigrants arrived in the United States. Do you have any Irish immigrants in your family tree? If so, here’s an article about […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 13, 2016 Crafts and Projects, Creating and Sharing Family History, Families and Children, Sharing Stories

Favorite Reads of the Week: 12 March 2016

Some of my favorite reads this week include: Family history writing tips from Paula Williams Madison, astonishing colorized photos by Marina Amaral interviewed on the FindMyPast blog, Genealogy Jen’s post about building ancestor immigration stories with legos, and Dustin Hoffman’s tearful discovery of family heritage. See the full list below! Family History on TV Recap of my favorite episode of Finding Your Roots (and this season’s finale) – I was shocked that he didn’t know his […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 12, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

Remembering the Faith of My Ancestors with a Blurb Book

Two years ago, I made a book about my Grandpa Elder’s ancestors to give to my family for Christmas. I was inspired by William R. Walker’s talk in the April 2014 General Conference about learning stories of faith of our ancestors. I knew some of the conversion stories of my Mormon pioneer forefathers, but not all. I determined to find and compile all the stories and records about my LDS ancestors’ faith. One repository that […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 11, 2016 Crafts and Projects, LDS Family History

Location, Location, Location: Putting Your Ancestors in Their Place

Do you have a difficult ancestor? One that just won’t stay put in one place? Are records difficult to find in the location you finally have him pinpointed? Have you been more interested in finding names and dates than discovering the what, where, and why of your family? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, maybe it’s time to take a step back from searching for specific records and put your […]

By Diana Elder March 9, 2016 Records, Research Tips

Family History is for Everyone Spotlight: Phil Gregory

Today, Phil Gregory tells how he got started in family history in our second installment of the “Family History is for Everyone” series. Phil says, “I think we should all know where we came from, at least in some basic way.” He tells about the value of sharing records freely online and the discovery of his Irish ancestry. I met Phil six years ago while searching google for more information about a branch of my family tree […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 7, 2016 Family History is for Everyone Spotlights

Favorite Reads of the Week: 5 March 2016

Subjects highlighted in our favorite reads this week include: DNA and health/longevity family trees Memories of grandparents Irish Family History Day and Irish-American Heritage Month Women’s History Month and more! Thanks to all the bloggers out there who are writing these fascinating posts. [View the story “Favorite Reads of the Week: 5 March 2016” on Storify]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 5, 2016 Favorite Reads of the Month

“Grace O’Malley, Queen of the Sea” by Elizabeth O’Neill-Sheehan

As part of the Family Locket Book Club, we’ll be featuring a children’s book each month. Please share your comments on the books in our Goodreads group or in the comments section! The criteria for the children’s books we share will be: books that are about someone’s ancestors books that give ideas for writing family history stories for children books that teach about genealogy and family history books that inspire young people to learn more about […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 4, 2016 Families and Children, Kids Book Club

“Nobody Don’t Love Nobody” – March Book Club Selection

Do you love to read books about real people overcoming real challenges? Are you interested in writing your own family’s story of trials and triumph? Nicole and I share a love of reading good books and a love of writing family stories, so put those together and you have the Family Locket Book Club. Join us in our quest to discover books that amaze, inspire, and uplift. Read the book and share your thoughts in […]

By Diana Elder March 4, 2016 Book Club, Creating and Sharing Family History

How to Learn about the Public Service of your Female Ancestors

Do you know more about your male or female ancestors? Men are definitely easier to research. They owned land and were listed as the heads of household on U.S. Federal Census records before 1850. We’ve probably all traced our surname line back as far as possible – who wouldn’t want to know where their name came from? The soldiers, land owners, prominent business men, and community leaders in our family trees have captured the interest of many of […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 2, 2016 Research Tips

The Suitcase: Getting Started One Paper at a Time

Are you the lucky recipient of your family’s genealogy? Do you have a box, a barrel, or, in my instance, a suitcase full of letters, documents, photos, family group sheets, etc? You are probably feeling overwhelmed with either joy or despair. Go ahead and be ecstatic that you inherited priceless stuff. Don’t despair because I’m going to show you how to take care of your papers, one step at a time. When I started […]