by Sunny | Apr 11, 2018 | 01 What's New, Immigration, Research Skills
If you have immigrant ancestors who arrived in the U.S in the 1900s, these 7 sources can help you track their journey—perhaps even to that overseas hometown, so crucial to your genealogy success! (Thanks to Legacy Tree Genealogists for providing us with this guest...
by Lisa Cooke | Jan 29, 2018 | 01 What's New, Beginner, FamilySearch, Irish, Legacy Tree Genealogists, Scottish Genealogy |
Researching your Scots-Irish genealogy is easier if you can identify your ancestors as Scots-Irish! The Scots-Irish put down early roots in Virginia, the Carolinas, and the Appalachian “backcountry” and would likely have come from Northern Ireland or Scotland. Read...
by Lisa Cooke | Apr 2, 2018 | 01 What's New, Adoption, Listeners & Readers, Records & databases, Research Stories
Using passport applications in genealogy can lead to family history discoveries! See how this intrepid researcher tracked down passport applications that weren’t online. And then see what he learned about the life of a birth mother after she gave up her child in the...
by Lisa Cooke | Jun 16, 2018 | 01 What's New, DNA, Legacy Tree Genealogists |
Finding a birth father using DNA is possible but can be hit-or-miss with DNA alone. Read this story about how the experts at Legacy Tree Genealogists combined DNA testing results with historical research and family knowledge to help one woman find the...
by Sunny | Jun 8, 2018 | 01 What's New, Records & databases |
Chicago Catholic parish records top this week’s list of new and updated U.S. genealogy records online. Also: Japanese internment camp testimonies; AK and NC WWI digital archives; CO, GA and NC school records; GA and MT newspapers; ID, NY and OR photo archives; IL...