Preserving Your Library of Learning Part 2
Posted Mar 3, 2008
The type of books you read tell much about your personality. A personal library handed down from one of your ancestors can be a treasure without measure. However, not everyone in the family can benefit from receiving an ancestor’s library or books. We recently featured a website that lets you catalog the books that you [...]
Top 5 Ways to Preserve Family History with Audio
Posted Feb 20, 2008
Sounds, sounds, sounds. There are lots of sounds in this world, but none so unique or as appreciated as the human voice (I could possibly be biased however). Nevertheless, the most appreciated sounds/voices to you are probably those of your family members. That’s why it might not be a bad idea to preserve the family [...]
What’s at Ancestry.com
Posted Feb 4, 2008
Sometimes a website can become so large, it’s hard to find your way around and know what is available. If you’ve been researching your Family History, Ancestry.com is one place you’ll not want to miss. Some think that you can only obtain information from Ancestry.com with a paid subscription; this just isn’t so. Ancestry.com offers [...]
Top 10 Genealogy Blogs
Posted Jan 15, 2008
Recently, we highlighted the top genealogy websites, but what about genealogy blogs and podcasts? We’ve listed below a few picks that might be helpful to you in your research. 24/7 Family History Circle – A very popular blog hosted on ancestry.com. Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter – Has a variety of different posts and is sponsored [...]
Re-distribute Family History Books
Posted Dec 17, 2007
The Old Way – Let’s say you have a journal of an ancestor or a genealogy book that a family member compiled years ago, which can be a wonderful and precious resource; there’s only one big problem – as your family grows descendants will not have the same access to your precious resource that you [...]
Include Your Ancestor’s Information in the World’s Largest Encyclopedia
Posted Dec 10, 2007
Looking for something on the Internet and use Google or another search engine to find what you’re looking for? Well, have you noticed that the top results that return are very often from the one of the world’s largest encyclopedias? Wikipedia to be precise. Go ahead search for Internet, England, North America, John Lathropp, or [...]
Geni Family Tree
Posted Nov 27, 2007
An additional family tree web application out there is called Geni. Geni’s benefit is the ability to easily add members to your family tree, view the family tree more easily, and ability to collaborate. Another benefit is that it’s free to use. Many online family tree programs do a great job in organizing your family [...]
Family.Show
Posted Nov 26, 2007
More and more genealogy and family tree programs pop up every year, and it can be hard to keep up on the great options for using computer and web-based programs to help you create your family tree. A new tool called Family.Show was recently developed as a demonstration of the capabilities of a programing format. [...]
Get Inspired to do Genealogy
Posted Nov 21, 2007
Nothing inspires us more than a good story, and if a good story inspires, then a collection of good stories should really inspire. In Search Of Our Ancestors is a Fantastic book that contains inspirational stories of serendipity and providential guidance in the lives of individuals searching for their ancestors. In Search of Our Ancestors [...]
Top 10 Genealogy Websites
Posted Nov 20, 2007
A plethora of genealogy sites and resources can and do overwhelm genealogy new comers. There are a few key sites that can help research progress much faster. Take a tour of each site listed below and find out which ones will help you the most in your research. Some are free while others offer a [...]
