Fortify Your Family Tree

My first article in this blog—eight years ago—explains the first step to take in your genealogy journey. You must find out where your ancest...

My second grade teacher taught us to read by making us "sound it out." I remember my class sounding out a sentence in one voice. ...

My DNA matches continue to disappoint me. After ignoring them for a while, I decided to browse through my new matches. I filtered my Ancestr...

On Sunday, after finishing a bunch of chores, I was eager to launch Family Tree Maker. I wanted to do one thing. It's something I've...

We watched "I Love Lucy" so much when I was a kid that my family still speaks in phrases from the show. One favorite comes from Lu...

We've all met them. The guy who spent an hour on Geni.com and claimed to be a descendant of Eric the Red. The woman who clicked into one...

With so many juicy genealogy leads, what should be my priority? If I never had to work, or cook or clean or eat or sleep, I wouldn't nee...

There is a way to get a good handle on those tree-less DNA matches. I bought my DNA test from Ancestry DNA 8 years ago. Lately I've ...

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...

Can acting like a detective unlock the mysteries of your old photos? Two photographs in my late aunt's collection have Italian inscr...