What Mitochondrial DNA and a King have to do with You
Michael Ibsen, a cabinet maker living in London, was recently awarded the title of "royal descendant" when researchers identified him as a direct maternal descendant of Ann of York. Why did this lucky man have an unsolicited team of researchers filling in 17...
World War II Maps: A Revolution in Map-Making
World War II started a revolution in map-making. It didn't just change maps, but it also changed how the world looked at maps. Maps suddenly became very interesting to everyone. Not just war strategists and troops but all those left behind on the home front. This...
Family History Episode 35 – Do Your Genealogy at the Public Library, Part 2
Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke Republished June 11, 2014 https://lisalouisecooke.com/familyhistorypodcast/audio/fh35.mp3 Download the Show Notes for this Episode Welcome to this step-by-step series for beginning...
Old Maps Help Locate Mystery Grave of WWI Australian Jockey
Got a mystery grave in your family history? It's not uncommon. It can happen for many reasons: no headstone, unidentified body, paperwork missing or lost, graves moved, cemeteries abandoned. During battles and the immediate aftermath, soldiers' remains can also be...
Family History Episode 34 – Do Your Genealogy at the Public Library, Part 1
Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke Republished June 3, 2014 https://lisalouisecooke.com/familyhistorypodcast/audio/fh34.mp3 Download the Show Notes for this Episode Welcome to this step-by-step series for beginning genealogists—and...
The Wife Swapping Scandal That Made for One Complicated Family Tree!
A spontaneous idea one evening in the summer of 1972 led to a very complicated family tree and a scandal that rocked major league baseball.New York Yankee baseball players Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich were finishing an evening at a party with their wives, when...
Family History Episode 33: Organize Your Genealogy Files, Part 2
Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke Republished May 27, 2014 https://lisalouisecooke.com/familyhistorypodcast/audio/fh33.mp3 Download the Show Notes for this Episode Welcome to this step-by-step series for beginning genealogists—and more...
Irish Census Records Online at the National Archives of Ireland
If you have Irish roots, you may already know that Ireland's National Archives has put its national 1901 and 1911 censuses online--and it's FREE. Recently, they've added more searchable databases and linked images. Now you can also find: Census Records for 1901 and...
A New Genealogists’ Declaration of Rights: You Can Sign It
A new Genealogists' Declaration of Rights was announced before a crowd of more than 2,500 genealogists at the NGS 2014 Family History Conference in Richmond, Virginia recently. Jordan Jones, President of the National Genealogical Society (NGS), a sponsoring member of...
Look Who Just Joined the Genealogy Gems Community!
MyHeritage has signed on to sponsor The Genealogy Gems Podcast! Their support helps us to continue to bring you free multimedia content to inspire and inform your genealogy journey. Our editorial team has spent several months getting to know MyHeritage.com. We think...
Family History Episode 32 – Organize Your Genealogy Files, Part 1
Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke Republished May 20, 2014 https://lisalouisecooke.com/familyhistorypodcast/audio/fh32.mp3 Download the Show Notes for this Episode Welcome to this step-by-step series for beginning genealogists—and more...
Family History Episode 31 – Immigration and Naturalization Records for Family History, Part 3
Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke Republished May 13, 2014 https://lisalouisecooke.com/familyhistorypodcast/audio/fh31.mp3 Download the Show Notes for this Episode Welcome to this step-by-step series for beginning genealogists—and more...
Family History Episode 30 – Immigration and Naturalization Records for Family History, Part 2
Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke Republished May 6, 2014 https://lisalouisecooke.com/familyhistorypodcast/audio/fh30.mp3 Download the Show Notes for this Episode Welcome to this step-by-step series for beginning genealogists—and more...
Genealogy Cold Case Files: SOLVED!
Cold Case files are as common in genealogy as they are in criminal investigations. So it seemed a no brainer to me that family historians could incorporate some of the same techniques that cold case investigators use. And that is how my presentation How to Reopen and...
Solve Your Genealogy Brick Walls: 3 Tips for Breaking Through!
We've all got genealogy brick walls in our research: family mysteries we have so far found unsolvable. In the new issue of Family Tree Magazine (May/June 2014), Lisa's got a great article packed with 14 strategies for SOLVING those perplexing questions. The article is...
Family History Episode 29 – Immigration and Naturalization Records for Family History, Part 1
Family History: Genealogy Made Easy Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke Republished April 29, 2014 https://lisalouisecooke.com/familyhistorypodcast/audio/fh29.mp3 Download the Show Notes for this Episode Welcome to this step-by-step series for beginning...
Google Maps Street View Delivers a Taste of Time Travel
Google Maps Street View was given an edge today over Google Earth's street view when Google launched a "time travel" upgrade. The ability to time travel is high on most family historians list, and Street View imagery for Google Maps desktop provides a taste of that...
How Grandma Betty (& Family) is Leaving a Legacy Using Social Media
Think social media sites like Instagram and Twitter can't really be used for family history in a meaningful way? Grandma Betty will change your mind! Jeffersonville, Indiana's Grandma Betty has become an Instagram sensation thanks in big part to her Grandson. Betty is...