Fortify Your Family Tree

Where do you build your tree? On your computer? On a website? Both? Please tell me it isn't on paper only. I believe I lucked into the...

After 18 years of building my family tree, my true goal became clear last week. That delay isn't because I'm indecisive or slow to...

We all know the classic first rule of starting your family tree. "Start with yourself." Think back to your earliest genealogy res...

If you always format names, dates, and places properly, you may be a Family Tree Fashionista. And that's a good thing! Let's take ...

Census sheets, ship manifests, birth, marriage and death records. These are the documents that bring your ancestors to life. Without them, y...

When I figure out my exact connection to a DNA match, I add a note to them on Ancestry. These notes are visible as I scroll down my list of ...