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“The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me” – June Book Selection

Jun 17, 2017

What would you do if you discovered a huge family secret when you were ten years old that shook your world? Paul Joseph Fronczak learned from old news clippings that he had been abandoned in front of a New Jersey store as a toddler. FBI agents determined he was the missing child of a Chicago couple whose infant had been kidnapped from the hospital two years earlier. Reunited with his supposed parents, Paul grew up...

Research Like a Pro, Part 2: Analyze Your Sources

Jun 7, 2017

Do you have a stack of research for a problem ancestor? The one who is hard to pin down. The one with unknown parents. How do you even get started on the brick walls in your family tree? Join in this summer’s Research Like a Pro series and see if you can make progress in your research skills and journey in finding your family. To read more about the process, check out my book, Research Like...

Back to the Basics with U.S. Census Research – Part I

Jun 3, 2017

What are you missing in your research in the United States census records? Have you really analyzed all of the information? Do you know why the census was taken and how? In conjunction with our Research Like a Pro series, I’ll be sharing several posts on basic record types. The more we learn about the records that we use for finding and documenting our ancestors, the better genealogists we’ll be. Finding your ancestor in every...

Research Like a Pro, Part 1: What’s Your Question?

May 18, 2017

Are you ready to improve your research techniques? Do you have a difficult research problem in your family tree? Is it time to move to the next level of genealogy research? Whether or not you are a professional genealogist, you can adopt the same practices that a professional uses. In short, you can learn to research like a pro. This is the first in a six-part series designed to help any level of researcher grow...

3 Tips for Making the Most of Your Ancestry DNA results

Apr 25, 2017

Have you taken the Ancestry DNA test and now you’re wondering what to do with your results? Besides viewing your ethnicity estimate, what else can you do to get the most bang for your buck? Today I’ll give you three tips that will get you started on your DNA adventure. TIP #1 Download your Raw Ancestry DNA and Upload to Other Websites Now that you’ve tested with Ancestry DNA, you can take advantage of your...

Releasing Isaac, Agg, and Hannah and Two Slave Name Projects

Apr 17, 2017

Savannah, Ga., early Negro life, Savannah, Georgia : Launey & Goebel Photographers. Dealers in Photo Stocks. 141 & 143 Broughton St., Savannah, Georgia, [between 1867 and 1890] – Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2015650291/Are you interested in helping descendants of enslaved individuals build their family tree? Do you have slaveholders in your family history and you’d like to participate in the growing movement to build a database? Today I’ll give you two ideas of what to do...

The FamilySearch Catalog: A Researcher’s Best Friend

Mar 23, 2017

How long has it been since you explored the catalog on FamilySearch to discover it’s offerings? If it’s been awhile or if you have never looked at the catalog, read on. Researching a family last week I was reminded again of some research tricks that I use to uncover the records. Today I’m sharing three of those tips with you. Tip #1 Locate and look at the original image FamilySearch has billions of indexed records. Many of...

Are Your Irish Roots Showing? Understanding Your Ancestry DNA Ethnicity Results

Mar 15, 2017

You sent off your Ancestry DNA test in the form of a tube of saliva and you just received your results. Are you surprised? Excited? Puzzled? Wondering what to do next? Why not explore your ethnicity results and learn where in the world you come from. The science of DNA can seem daunting to the beginner, so I invite you to join me as I learn about DNA and how to use it for genealogy...

Releasing Slave Names Found in Genealogy Research

Feb 23, 2017

(1937) Attendants at Old Slave Day, Southern Pines. Apr. 8. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99615435/.As African American History month comes to a close, I’m writing my first post releasing the names of enslaved individuals found in my genealogy research. Inspired by other bloggers and my experiences during African Heritage day at RootsTech 2017, I am joining in the effort to help African Americans find their family, taking inspiration from Dr. Martin Luther King...

Experience RootsTech 2017 from the Comfort of your Home

Jan 31, 2017

Are you interested in seeing what RootsTech 2017 is all about? Is this the year that you’d like bump up your genealogy education? Not able to travel to Salt Lake City to attend in person? With several sessions being streamed live and archived for later viewing, you can participate from the comfort of your home. 2016 was the first year that I attended RootsTech in person. Prior to that I waited until the streamed sessions...