Celebrating 1000 Genealogy Blog Posts: #3 in the Top 10 Countdown
The ultimate library for U.S. history research is the Library of Congress. The #3 post on my genealogy blog shares how to access great family history content at the Library of Congress--right from your computer. Most of us won't ever get to visit the Library of...
Celebrating 1000 Genealogy Blog Posts: #4 in the Top 10 Countdown
Lisa Louise Cooke's free Google Earth for Genealogy online video is so popular, the announcement about it was our #4 genealogy blog post for the year! Guess what? The online video is still there--and it's still free. Google Earth is one of Google's most powerful tools...
Celebrating 1000 Genealogy Blog Posts: #6 in the Top 10 Countdown
We use Google for everything, especially genealogy. From the response we had to our #6 genealogy blog post, I guess many of you love that idea! Lisa is well-known for teaching genealogists to harness the power of Google to search for ancestors online. Earlier this...
Celebrating 1000 Genealogy Blog Posts: #5 in the Top 10 Countdown
"This is huge!" That's how DNA expert Diahan Southard summed up major advances at AncestryDNA this past year. Her post was huge, too: it landed the #5 spot on our Top 10 genealogy blog posts for 2015 countdown. See why! To those who have spent a lot of time doing...
Celebrating 1000 Genealogy Blog Posts: #7 in the Top 10 Countdown
The Social Security Applications and Claims Index was one of 2015's most important new online resources for U.S. researchers (keep reading to see the other). No wonder it made the #7 spot on this week's Top 10 genealogy blog post countdown! This summer, Ancestry.com...
Celebrating 1000 Genealogy Blog Posts: #8 in the Top 10 Countdown
It's no surprise to find another DNA post in the #8 spot on our Top 10 genealogy blog post countdown. The topic: understanding your AncestryDNA matches. In this post, Genealogy Gems resident DNA expert Diahan Southard takes on a confused question sent in by a...
Celebrating 1000 Genealogy Blog Posts: #10 in the Top 10 Countdown
I'm still a little bit bewildered as to how we got to 1000 genealogy blog posts! But here we are, and we are celebrating! Our website has changed over the years to new platforms and web hosts, and our analytics don't even go back to the very beginning. Therefore, I'm...
Celebrating 1000 Genealogy Blog Posts: #9 in the Top 10 Countdown
In our continuing series counting down the 10 most popular genealogy blog posts here at Genealogy Gems in the last year, we come to #9 that strives to answer the eternal question: "how are we related?" I love getting email and voicemail questions from Genealogy Gems...
Top 10 Genealogy Gems Blog Posts: Share and Enter to Win!
We are celebrating our 1000th Genealogy Gems blog post with a list of our Top 10 Posts. Share this post on Facebook and you could win an inspiring family history writing video! I can hardly believe it. This month, the Genealogy Gems website will reach a milestone 1000...
Why Marketing Experts Would Agree That You Should Write a Family History Blog
Those who write a family history blog are well-positioned to market their heritage to everyone who cares! Recently, I read a marketing blog post on the power of blogging for businesses. Of course I immediately thought about what they were saying from the point of view...
We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online
New genealogy records online this week includes civil registrations for Italy and the Philippines, Irish vital records indexes, Pennsylvania veterans' files and even 20th-century U.S. merchant marines databases. Which may include your relatives? ITALY CIVIL...
Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Episode 129
Get inspired in Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast episode 129! You'll hear about church records and YouTube for genealogy, locating hard-to-find records and--even better--locating ancestors' parents. How many ways can you think of to find family history? Lisa Louise...
Write Your Own “Where I’m From” Poem and Enter to Win FREE Genealogy Gems Membership!
Did you see the contest we announced last week? Write your own version of a popular family history poem, and you could win a free 1-year Genealogy Gems Premium website subscription! Last week, Lisa Louise Cooke welcomed Kentucky poet laureate George Ella Lyon to...
It’s Veterans Day: “One Day is Not Enough” To Say Thank You
Happy Veterans Day! One day is not enough to honor their service and sacrifice. Here's how Veterans Day came to be. Today we add our voices to the thousands who are honoring the service, courage and sacrifices of thousands of U.S. military veterans. In the past few...
How to Approach a Genealogist about an Error on an Ancestry Family Tree
Is someone else's Ancestry family tree causing a pain in your own tree trunk? Here's a way to approach it--nicely! Scott is a new Genealogy Gems listener and he recently dropped me a line about a problem that just a few--ok, nearly every--genealogist has at some point...
We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online
Our review of new genealogy records online this week includes the 1939 Register for England and Wales; church records for Illinois and Kyiv, Ukraine; New York naturalizations and Mexican vital and church records. Which of these may name your family members? ENGLAND...
Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 185 Is Now Available
In the newly-published and FREE Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 185, Lisa celebrates family history writing with inspiring stories, her unique spin on the "marketing value" of family history blogs and a chance to win a FREE year of Premium membership! This month, all...
NEW!! Access the 1939 Register Online at Findmypast
The 1939 Register--the most comprehensive population survey EVER of England and Wales known--is finally searchable online! Today FindMyPast, in association with the U.K.'s National Archive, has launched a digitized, searchable version of the 1939 Register. This major...