Fortify Your Family Tree

I like to work from text-file task lists . I started doing this in my corporate job so I can easily re-prioritize my to-do list. If a task h...

Don't stop your research too soon if the documents aren't crystal clear. My last article convinced me to make a pair of 5th grea...

I was working on a distant branch of my family tree, and I wondered what was my exact relation to this person. I used the Relationship Calc...

The quest for the holy grail: your ancestor's place of birth. You can't go back beyond your immigrant ancestor until you know where...

Everyone who dabbles in family tree building has hit one or more brick walls. After thinking about my own dead ends, I realized brick wa...

When you have very little to go on, a timeline can keep your genealogy research firmly on track. I'm working on a family that's ...

Dive into your ancestral hometown's documents for extra benefits. I'm really letting my genealogy freak flag fly lately. A few w...

It isn't only John Smiths that get mixed up. Naming customs are to blame. No matter what ethnicity or nationality you ancestors were...

We used to look for our name in local phone books. Now we simply go online. I could happily spend every day piecing together my ancestor...

If the people involved are long gone, a scandalous story should be OK to share. Don't you think? I've read thousands of birth, ma...