Fortify Your Family Tree

Is something wrong on that vital record? Don't turn the page. Know how to spot a simple mistake. Vital records are crucial pieces of y...

When you find your ancestor's birth record, don't overlook the other gems in those vital records. Sometimes I dream I'm search...

Blog reader Steve asked how to find people who were born after available vital records end. Like me, he's dealing with Italian records t...

My 74,000-person family tree has one major difference from most family trees. It connects everyone who lived in three of my ancestral hometo...

As I've explained to death , I'm fitting every vital record from my hometowns into one huge family tree. (See " Why Your Half 4...

I've just finished the second of my most ambitious genealogy research projects. I created inventories of available vital records from m...

On Saturday morning I mentioned to my husband that my family tree had reached exactly 60,500 people. That afternoon I had 60,854. In May I h...

As I looked at my past article about how to use the Italian Ancestry website , one reader comment stood out. She wanted to know why on earth...

When your family tree is always on your mind, inspiration waits around every corner. This week I found 3 sources of inspiration while going ...

Last week I finished the biggest genealogy project I've ever imagined. My blog posts tell me I began this One Place Study 2 years ago . ...