Ever thought of visiting your childhood home? Here's a story about people who are actually buying theirs back. For the...
Tour Your Childhood Home with Google and Google Earth
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Listeners & Readers Articles
Google Searches for Genealogy Leads to an Opera’s Worth of Stories
Google searches for genealogy are a main focus of our Google Guru, Lisa Louise Cooke. Read this inspiring story of how...
Finding Living Relatives and Reuniting Lost Treasures
Finding living relatives and reuniting lost family treasures is just one way genealogists do random acts of kindness....
3 Ways to Improve Your Genealogy Blog
Creating and maintaining a genealogy blog is a fun and rewarding way to share your family history. Blogging is also...
How to Conduct or Attend a Virtual Funeral
A virtual funeral, is that a real thing? Absolutely. Broadcasting a live service online is an innovative way for...
The Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 193: Published!
The Genealogy Gems Podcast episode 193 is ready for listening! It's packed with genealogy news you can use; inspiring...
Cemetery Records: An Alternative to Death Records
Cemetery records are a great alternative when you can’t find a death record. Here’s how to find them! Genealogists are...
DNA for Adoption: Katie’s Genetic Roots Were Closer Than She Thought
This story of DNA for adoption research tells how one Genealogy Gems listener discovered biological roots that were...
Ancestral Landmark Discovery Using Google Earth for Family History
Thom learned how to use Google Earth for family history after watching my free Google Earth for Genealogy video, and...