3 Sparkling Ohio Genealogy Research Gems

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...

read more
Philippines Genealogy Resources Now Online

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...

read more
How to See Your Favorite People First on Facebook

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...

read more
We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online

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...

read more
7 Reasons to Start a Family History Blog

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...

read more
How to Add Text to a Web Clipping in Evernote

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...

read more
A Tip for Harnessing New Technologies for Genealogy

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...

read more
We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online

We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online

Every Friday, we blog about 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! ALABAMA MARRIAGES. Over 700,000 indexed records and accompanying...

read more
This Week’s WDYTYA? New Episode on TLC

This Week’s WDYTYA? New Episode on TLC

This Sunday, August 9 at 9/8c TLC will air actress Alfre Woodard’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are? In the episode, Alfre Woodard sets out to learn more about her paternal grandfather’s family, which she knows little about since her grandfather died before she...

read more
Humidity and Your Family Archive: Why It Matters

Humidity and Your Family Archive: Why It Matters

Archivists tell us to store precious documents and photos in conditions with stable temperature and humidity. This time-lapse video shows why! Many of us save old books, documents and photos, especially those with sentimental or family history value. But we don't...

read more
We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online

We Dig These Gems! New Genealogy Records Online

Every Friday, we blog about new genealogy records online. Do any collections below relate to your family history? Please share with genealogy buddies or societies that might be interested! AUSTRALIAN CONVICTS. A variety of convict records for New South Wales and...

read more

Pin It on Pinterest

MENU