Fortify Your Family Tree

I dream about transcribing old Italian vital records. That's how much I love it. In fact, I don't enjoy U.S. censuses anymore. I...

Take a look behind the spreadsheet and see how it can help your research. I've written many times about my document tracker. It'...

A new genealogist is born every day. Do they all know what to do? Not yet! Some readers have asked me for an all-in-one family tree tuto...

Have you ever given someone genealogy advice, and not followed it yourself? This is my 297th blog article in 2½ years. I publish twice a...

Don't have a Bachelor of Science degree? You're still an honorary scientist. There's a reason why genealogy has that "o...

Half a year left. It isn't too late to start your genealogy goals! I had such a wildly productive 4-day weekend of genealogy researc...

Tell me. What did you expect to get for the price of a DNA test? When you ordered a DNA kit, did you expect a full-blown family tree? We...

NOTE: There is a way to make your sources indisputable. Please see "Taming a Tangle of Source Citations." Don't practice s...

Keep these in mind each time you work on your family tree and do it right. Here are 4 things you can do to make your family tree better...