Take a Guess: How Many Pictures Do People Take Each Year?
Hint: it's a LOT. What will you do with your share?Business Insider estimates that in 2017, 1.2 trillion digital pictures were snapped, with 85% of them being taken with a smartphone. Mylio seconds that opinion, with a conservative estimate that the...
4 Fabulous Ways to Use the Library of Congress for Genealogy
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a dream destination for many U.S. genealogy researchers, but most of us can't get there in person. Here are 4 ways--all online--to access the mega-resources of the Library of Congress for genealogy. 1. World Digital...
We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online
Here's our weekly list of new genealogy records online. Do any collections below relate to your family history? Please share with your genealogy buddies or with societies that might be interested! AMERICAN LOYALIST CLAIMS (U.S., U.K., CANADA). A database of claims and...
New AncestryDNA Common Matches Tool: Love It!
A new tool at Ancestry DNA is blowing my genealogy mysteries wide open! I have been up since 5:30 with plenty of goals and ambitions for today. But I got distracted. Distracted by a new tool at AncestryDNA that is blowing my genealogy mysteries wide open. The new tool...
Tools to Highlight Your Great Genealogy Finds
Snagit and Skitch can help you highlight screenshots and other digital images you capture for genealogy. Here's how! Recently Diane from Alberta, CA sent in this question: "I am trying to find how to highlight a portion of a document such as a birth certificate. The...
Find Your WWII Ancestors with these Military Research Gems
Ready to research your WWII ancestors? We recommend these resources--and give you more from WWII author Rick Beyer, who recently appeared on the Genealogy Gems podcast. Recently author Rick Beyer joined me on the free Genealogy Gems podcast (episode 182) to talk...
Write Your Family History: A Printed Book or Digital Archive?
It's time (maybe past time!) to write your family history. Should you write a book or throw everything into a digital archive? Recently Joyce attended a genealogy conference I taught that was sponsored by the Central Arkansas Library System. She wrote to us that she...
Dropbox vs. Backblaze: Does Cloud Storage for Genealogy Replace Computer Backup?
Does using cloud storage for genealogy (like Dropbox) replace having a computer backup service like Backblaze? Recently I heard from Jim in Midland, Texas, USA, who is a little perplexed: "Hi Lisa, I've heard all your podcasts, some more than once, and I appreciate...
We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online
Here's our weekly list of new genealogy records online. It's PACKED with European military records from WWII back to the War of 1812. Do any collections below relate to your family history? Please share with your genealogy buddies or with societies that might be...
3 Sparkling Ohio Genealogy Research Gems
A listener sent in her favorite resources for Ohio genealogy research. Could any of these help you find your Buckeye State ancestors? Recently we heard from Genealogy Gems Premium member Kate, after she listened to Premium podcast episode 125 with Cheryl McClellan...
I’m Sha-Sha: What are the Grandparent Nicknames in Your Family?
What are the grandparent nicknames in your family? How do they compare to other traditional, trendy and international grandmother and grandfather nicknames? Recently I got this cute email question from Premium member Kathy from Northridge, CA: "I am curious as to how...
Don’t Lose Control When You Post Your Family Tree Online
When you post your family tree online at multiple websites, it's easy to lose track of changes you make at each one. Maintaining a master family tree on your own computer can help solve that problem. Recently Gems podcast listener Louis wrote in with a question many...
Philippines Genealogy Resources Now Online
FamilySearch is creating an enormous--and still growing--collection of free online genealogy records for the Philippines. In recent weeks, I've noticed a lot of new genealogy records for the Philippines going online at FamilySearch. These indexed and/or digitized...
How to See Your Favorite People First on Facebook
Now you can choose whose Facebook activity shows up at the top of your news feed. We hope the Genealogy Gems Facebook page is on your See First list! Facebook now has a new feature to allow you to select which friends and pages you want to see at the top of your news...
We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online
Here's our weekly list of new genealogy records online. Do any collections below relate to your family history? Please share with your genealogy buddies or with societies that might be interested! ITALY CIVIL REGISTRATION. Over a million total indexed Italian civil...
7 Reasons to Start a Family History Blog
More and more people are blogging about their family history. Here's why! When it comes right down to it, many of us want to write up our family stories, but we don't really want to write or publish a 300-page book. Blogging your family history in short snippets is a...
How to Add Text to a Web Clipping in Evernote
Here's a simple solution for making additions to an existing web clipping in Evernote. Have you ever clipped something with Evernote and realized after the fact that you would like to copy and paste additional information (such as a genealogical source citation) to...
A Tip for Harnessing New Technologies for Genealogy
New technologies don't stay new. They keep evolving. Here's a tip for harnessing new and emerging technologies to advance family history research and stay connected with living relatives. Last week, I was at the BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy in...