Want to learn more about a specific genealogy topic? Let these links help you. Articles are listed from oldest to newest within each category. Last updated on 23 July 2020.
Antenati website (Italian genealogical records)
DNA
- Why Did They Come To America?
- Making Sense of Your DNA Results
- Before Grandpa Came Here, How Did He Get There?
- Delving Deep into Your Genealogy with DNA
- When DNA Says You're Related, You Determine How
- Free DNA Analysis Finds Kissing Cousins
- Bringing in Your Genealogy Harvest
- Collaborating with Your DNA Matches
- Trying to Solve a DNA Mystery with Logic
- The Leeds Method May Have Solved a Big Family Puzzle
- My Genealogy Jigsaw Puzzle: DNA Matches and Vital Records
- Gearing Up for All Your New DNA Matches
- Don't Give Up When Your DNA Match Has a Puny Little Family Tree
- How to Find Your Strongest DNA Matches
- Use Cousin Baiting to Expand Your Family Tree
- Don't Rely on Your DNA Match to Do the Work
- Use Every Tool to Solve a Family History Mystery
- 2 Reasons to Add Unrelated People to Your Family Tree
- The DNA Problem We Aren't Talking About
- Untangling Our Twisted Family Relationships
- This DNA Reference Site Solved a Mystery
- Help Your DNA Match Expand their Family Tree
- 3 Steps to Identifying Certain DNA Matches
- Let a DNA Match Guide Your Research for a While
- How to Figure Out a DNA Match
- Is This the End of DNA Matches?
- Can't Connect to Your DNA Match? Keep Trying
- Using Ancestry's ThruLines to Find DNA Matches
- Combine DNA Tools to Calculate Unknown Relationships
- Attracting a New DNA Match
- How to Diagram a Mystery DNA Match
- Are Your Dead Ends Hiding DNA Matches?
- How to Add Context to DNA Matches
- How to Sharpen Your DNA Detective Skills
- How to Use the Power of Shared DNA Matches
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DNA Painter quickly showed me 2 very important matches. |
Family Tree Analyzer
- Why You Should Be Using the Free Family Tree Analyzer
- Run This Genealogy Report to Help Clean Up Your Dates
- How to Find Errors in Your Family Tree
- How to Handle the Unrelated People in Your Family Tree
- Use This Tool to Discover Family Tree Insights
- This Genealogy Report Shows You What's Missing
- One Report, Endless Possibilities for Improving Your Family Tree
- It's Time to Make Your Family Tree Clear and Consistent
- Did I Find a Scandal in My Family Tree?
- Let Family Tree Analyzer Find Your Duplicates Duplicates
- How to Work Out Errors in Your Family Tree
Foreign-Language Help
- What Language Barrier?
- Tips and Tools to Help You Translate Foreign Genealogy Records
- How to Read Names on Badly Written Vital Records
- You Can Read Foreign-Language Genealogy Records
- The Single Best Technique for Reading Old Genealogy Records: Immersion
- Step Out of Your Genealogy Comfort Zone
- 5 Steps to Take When Your Ancestor's Name is Unreadable
Immigration Records
- Where Did They Go Next?
- 6 Key Genealogy Facts on a Ship Manifest
- Searching for the Missing Link in Your Family Tree
- Celebrating My Peasant Ancestors
- Imagining the Journey of Our First Immigrant Ancestors
- Grandpa's Journeys Shed Light On My Own
- Who Was Your First Immigrant Ancestor?
- Find Out What You're Missing on Those Immigration Records
- How Did Immigration Laws Guide Your Ancestors?
- Great Grandpa Was a Bird of Passage
- Step Out of Your Genealogy Comfort Zone
- Finding Relatives Who Sailed to South America
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Analyzing ship manifests uncovers so many facts. |
Maps and Hometowns
- What if There's No There There?
- Case Study on 'What if There's No There There?'
- Mapping Your Ancestors Can Answer Questions
- How to Visit Your Ancestral Hometown at Your Desk
- Free Resource Lets You Plot Family Tree Locations
- Finding Ancestral Homelands That Are No Longer There
- When You Can't Find Your Ancestor on a Map
- Create a Digital Map of Your Family History
- Walking in Your Ancestors' Footsteps
- Finding Relatives in Your Ancestral Hometown's Cemetery
- Lessons Learned from My 3 Trips to the Old Country
- Paying it Forward with Genealogy
- 4 Key Places to Discover Your Ancestor's Hometown
- Which Global Map is Best for Genealogists?
- 4 Types of Family Tree Errors Only You Can Find
- 6 Places to Discover Your Ancestor's Town of Birth
- How Far Did Your Ancestors Commute to Work?
- How to Inject New Life into Your Genealogy Research
- Why Our Ancestors Marched Hours-Old Babies into Town
- 6 Ways to Find Your Ancestor's Hometown
Military Records
- POW: My Grandfather's World War I Experience
- Why You Need Your Ancestors Draft Registration Cards
- Does Independence Day Make You Think of Your Ancestors?
- Appreciate the Veterans in Your Family Tree
- Was Your Ancestor in the Military? It May Not Matter
- Taking a Do-It-Yourself Genealogy Vacation, Part 1
- Using Documents to Imagine Your Ancestor's Job
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The upside to forced draft registration: Genealogy data! |
Organization
- Find Your Happy Place in Your Favorite Genealogy Tasks
- 4 Ways to Protect Your Genealogy Research from Disaster
- What to Do When You Can't Solve the Mystery
- Prepare Your Family Tree for Your Computer's Demise
- Moving Your Family Tree to a New Computer
- A Resolution You'll Want to Keep
- 4 Ways to Decide Where to Spend Your Family Tree Research Time
- 3 Top Safety Tips for Your Family Tree Data
- How to Tame Your Jumble of Genealogy Leads
- How to Back Up Your Family Tree Files Automatically
- 4 Keys to Make You a Better Genealogist
- It's Time to Tame Your Family Photos
- Make Consistency King in Your Family Tree
- It's Time to Review Old Genealogy Messages
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This extra step pays big dividends. |
Projects for Genealogy Fans
- How Far Did Your Ancestors Commute to Work?
- The Genealogy Project You Bring Home from Vacation
- 7 Genealogy Projects We All Need to Do
- 3 Ways to Find Double Ancestors in Your Family Tree
- Consistency Makes Your Family Tree More Professional
- 2 Ways to Find the Loose Ends in Your Family Tree
- 3 Reasons To Do Your Own One-Name Study
- How to Inject New Life into Your Genealogy Research
- This Genealogy Project Has 2 Hidden Benefits
- How to Use Your Personal Genealogy Database
- How a Research Timeline Helps You Spot Gaps and Problems
- Work in Sprints to Strengthen Your Family Tree
- 5 Ways to Get Your Family to Talk Genealogy
- 6 Genealogy Projects Perfect for Your Holiday Vacation
- Which of Your Ancestors Has the Best Life Story?
- Make Your Own 'Elder Scrolls'
- How Many Genealogy Gems Are You Sitting On?
- Combine these Genealogy Projects for a Richer Family Tree
- Six Degrees of Separation, Family Tree Edition
- 5 Ways to Share Your Tree with Family
- Recipe for a Father's Day Genealogy Project
Resources
- 7 Free Resources for Frugal But Fanatical Genealogist
- Free Resource Provides Graphic Genealogy Research Basics
- Where to Find Free Historical City Directories and Newspapers
- How to Use the Free Online Irish Census
- How to Build Your Social Genealogy Network
- Finding New Cousins on Facebook
- My Family Isn't In the Newspapers
- Which Genealogy Apps Are Right for You?
- Try This Tool to Find a Missing Census
- There Are No Ready-made Family Trees
- Free Newspaper Site for Your Family Research
Vital Records
- How to Read an Italian Birth Record
- How to Read an Italian Death Record
- How to Read Italian Marriage Records
- How To Read a Free-form Italian Death Record
- What to Do When You Have No Birth or Death Record
- How to Find State-Specific Death Indexes and Records
- What's Napoleon Got To Do With Italy?
- 27 Key Facts to Extract From a Death Certificate
- The Italian Genealogy Goldmine: "Wedding Packets"
- What If Your Ancestor Isn't Where You Expected at All?
- How to Create Your Ancestral Hometown Database
- Family Mystery Solved! Two Lost Boys Found
- How I Tracked Down My 4th Great Grandmother's Parents
- How to Find Your Pre-Civil Records Ancestors
- How to Find the Most Important Genealogy Documents Quickly
- How to 'Attack' Your Ancestor's Small Town Vital Records
- How Much Can Your Learn from Your Relative's Obituary?
- This Memento Provides Key Facts for Your Family Tree
- How to Benefit from a Cousin's Bad Family Tree
- Why All Siblings Are Critical to Your Family Tree
- How to Use Your Personal Genealogy Database
This is a great list of resources for people to learn.
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