3 Steps to Preserve Thanksgiving Traditions (and other holidays too!)
In this free video, you'll discover three important steps you can take right now to capture and preserve your family traditions for generations to come from my wonderful friend and colleague Gena Philibert-Ortega. Happy Thanksgiving! Watch Now: Resources: Download the...
3 Places to Look for Your Ancestors’ Burial (Premium)
In this Premium video, you'll discover three of the best places to look to find information about your ancestors' burial. Genealogy expert Gena Philibert-Ortega is here to show you where to look and what to look for as you search. (Premium Membership log in required....
Comparing the Newspaper Giants (Premium)
Here's your answer to the question "which newspaper website should I use?" Internationally-known genealogy speaker and award-winning writer and editor Sunny Jane Morton provides a head-to-head analysis of the top five digitized newspaper websites for genealogy:...
Google Books Just Got WAY Better! New Features Tutorial
Show Notes: I'm excited to share with you my favorite new tool at Google Books. This is a game changer for utilizing the information you find on the digitized pages. Plus I'll show you other new features recently added to Google Books. Why use Google Books for...
AI Update! And should you use ChatGPT or Bard for genealogy research? Audio Podcast Episode 278
AUDIO PODCAST SHOW NOTES: Get the very latest on the major update Google has made to Bard, and the answer to the question "Should I use Bard, ChatGPT, or any of the other chatbots for genealogy research?" I've got some surprising answers for you! Listen to the Podcast...
Clean Up Your Act! How to start cleaning up your genealogy database.
Live Show 7/13/23. PREMIUM Show Notes: Genealogy clean-up is a challenge we all face. In this episode of Elevenses with Lisa, we'll talk about how to start and execute a family tree clean-up plan. I'll be using RootsMagic as an example, but the plan can be...
5 Search Hacks for Genealogy (Premium Audio Podcast Episode 207)
(PREMIUM AUDIO PODCAST) These five online search hacks are going to move you into the category of genealogy search ninja! Download the cheat sheet so that you can incorporate these strategies into your daily research routine. Listen to the Episode Show...
Ellis Island Records! BEST Search Strategies
The free Ellis Island Passenger Search database is home to 65 million records of passengers arriving at the Port of New York from 1820 to 1957. Kathryn Marks, Manager at The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation explains the best strategies for finding your...
SHOCKING RESULTS! Should you use AI Chatbots for Genealogy?
Show Notes: It seems like everyone is talking about ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) driven search tools. Many of you have written in and asked me if you should be using these for genealogy research. In today's new video, we'll tackle questions like:...
Marriage Records & Researching Witnesses – Audio Podcast Episode 277
Show Notes: Professional Genealogist J Mark Lowe joins Lisa Louise Cooke on the show to share a marriage research case study that highlights the importance of understanding Gretna Greens. Then Professional Genealogist and blogger Robyn Smith shares her 3 step...
Snagit versus Evernote Which One Should You Choose?
Show Notes: Over the years I’ve talked a lot about how to use Evernote and Snagit. Both are amazing tools for research and make it easy to do web clipping. If you’ve been wondering what the difference is between these two powerful tools, or if you haven’t and you’re...
4 FAST Strategies for Searching the 1931 Canadian Census
Show Notes: The 1931 Canadian Census was released by the Library and Archives Canada on June 1 of 2023. These digitized images can (as of now) be browsed by general location. The challenge with this census, like with other census records when they first come online,...
Best Places to Find Compiled Histories and Genealogies
PREMIUM SHOW NOTES: Elevenses with Lisa is a LIVE show (and video replay) exclusively for Premium Members. We touched on the subject of compiled histories in the video Don’t Miss this Genealogy Record Collection at Ancestry! In this episode, we're diving into them...
Don’t Miss this Genealogy Record Collection at Ancestry!
Show Notes: A compiled history is kind of like standing on the shoulders of the giants of genealogy that came before you. OK, so maybe they weren't giants, but they did document what they found and they published it so that you can benefit from it. This means...
Search Hack – Google Site Search
Show Notes: How to use Google site search to search a website that doesn't have a good search engine, or doesn't have one at all. Google's Site Search will help you find exactly what you need! This tip comes from the hour-long Premium Membership "Elevenses with Lisa"...
Finding Old Newspapers for Free at Google Books – Audio Podcast Episode 276
Show Notes: Google Books is known for having millions of free digitized books. But did you know that it’s also packed with hidden old newspapers? Since newspapers don’t typically appear in your initial search results in Google Books, I’ll show you two ways to...
5 Genealogy Search Hacks (Premium Exclusive)
Elevenses with Lisa LIVE show exclusively for Premium Members. These 5 search hacks are going to move you into the category of genealogy search ninja! Premium Members can join me for the live show and join in the chat. Or watch the video replay afterward at your...
Using Google Scholar for Genealogy (Premium Audio Podcast Episode 206)
(PREMIUM AUDIO PODCAST) Google Scholar is an amazing free tool, and in this episode, you’ll learn how to use it for genealogy research. Not only will you learn what can be found, but I’ll show you how to use the built-in tools and strategies for getting the most out...