Hello from Genealogy Gems Contributing Editor Sunny McClellan Morton. I'm still flying high after a week just spent at...
Genealogy Education Can Be a “GRIPping” Experience
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Inspiration Articles
6 Tips: How to Organize Your Family History
We genealogists often accumulate a lot of family "stuff:" original documents, old photographs and heirlooms. Though...
How to Make a Daguerreotype
We live in the era of digital photography--far from the time of the daguerreotype. But that didn't stop...
Your Chance to Enter Family History Writing Contest
Do you need a little extra motivation to write your family history? Here it is! The International Society of Family...
FamilySearch App Maps Ancestors’ Birthplaces
A new app for FamilySearch.org users lets you map your ancestors' birthplaces. It retrieves information about your...
100-Year Old Time Capsule Opens
Exactly one hundred years ago on April 22, a time capsule was buried in the basement of the First English Lutheran...
Family History Mystery Solved!
From the Genealogy Gems Mailbox: Hi Lisa, You'll probably think I'm crazy, I love your podcasts, but I'm still...
Family History Never Tasted So Good!
We all have cookbooks in our kitchen, many of which were handed down to us by our mothers and grandmothers. In...