Free tools to help with transcribing documents. The best free tutorials and software to help with transciptions for genealogy research

This post was originally the second for the Family History Month 2019 Collection. It has been updated to work with The Brick Wall S...

These translations of common German genealogy terms can be a big help when researching your ancestors.

Would you like to search only the free kindle books offered by Amazon? You can do so using the tools Google already provides. Here's how.

Your relatives lead boring lives, right? Do your dead ancestors have nothing worth writing about? If you answered yes to the first question and no to the second, I have two words for you. Your ancestor’s life sketch or biography instantly becomes more fascinating when you add a little historical context to the mundane facts for their existence. Book available at Amazon.com In my book A Recipe for Writing Family History, Step 6 focuses on adding Fun Facts to the documented details of an ancestor’

How do professional genealogists accomplish so much more? Is it simply knowledge? Do they know more than you? Is it just experience? Have th...

Timelines can be among the most eye-opening tools we have at our disposal as family historians and, yet, they are often forgotten.

Cemetery photos are great in genealogy, but only if you get the right ones. Here are 5 photos you should take every time you go to the cemetery.

Writing your family history? 3 easy-to-action to start doing today so it feels like your ancestors' stories are writing themselves.

Fiction novels are compelling not because of the world-building; instead, they have engaging, fully-fleshed-out characters. In short, good stories are about people. So why is it that family histories are usually about facts rather than the people behind the facts? What’s more, how can we change that? One quick trick is to describe the physical appearance of your ancestors. But wait, I don’t know what my ancestor looked like. How can I describe their appearance? That’s a great question, and we’ll

The top 10 free British genealogy sites that are essential for researching your British ancestors. Includes some much overlooked ones.

As part of my post " Is DNA the 'Magic Bullet' for OGs ," I'm providing another Evernote form for Freebie Friday. Thi...

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Bahahaha, in all seriousness, who has a family coat of arms? #family #familyhistory

Here is a beautifully ornate antique form of family record. The page includes a section to register family names, births and deaths and another section to register marriages including the names of bride and groom, by whom solemnized and names of witnesses. Here is a blank version of the aged page. And a black and...Read More

This isn't my normal type of post. This is essentially a round-up of my own posts related to a specific topic. But a topic you can't...

Hey, you clicked my Pin! This is not a blog post. It gives you access to the free genealogy planning forms as well as lin...

Do you think your ancestor is boring? Learn how to write a family history even when you think your ancestor has nothing fun to write about.

I have been looking for genealogy quotes lately, and I have found quotes of various kind: funny, sad, morbid, serious... There are some that have really stuck with me, so I have decided that I will start creating a layout for the ones I like most. This is the first one I created in a 5x7 postcard format, that can eventually be framed: How do you like it? I would like to invite you to send me any kind of genealogy quotes you have, I will read them all, and create layouts out of the ones that inspire me most, or make me laugh most! Even better, if you have your own free HM publishing account, you can easily create a layout for your favorite genealogy quote and if you like you can send it to me, I will be happy to share it on my blog. It can be anything, a post card, a greeting card, a scrap page, the beginning of a storybook, a poster even a page of calendar, anything you can come up with! Hmm...It surely would be a great gift for any genealogist if you create a calendar with the best genealogy quotes you can find and embellish it with photos of his/her ancestors! As you can see, the ideas are endless! Edit: you will find more genealogy quotes and humor on this CavaGenealogy album

Yes, genealogists can make money for doing what they love. Learn how to start your own genealogy business with these simple steps.

At Rootstech last month, a woman stopped me in the hall after my presentation and told me she wanted to create a book about her ancestors, but she didn't have any idea how to organize it. How many generations to include? What if she had more information about some ancestors and very little about oth

Step-children. Half-siblings. In-laws. it can get complicated! Who should you include in your family tree and who should you leave off?

Diana Elder (AG) and Nicole Dyer join Lisa to discuss the process of becoming a professional genealogist. Plus, how to organize your DNA matches and much more.

Need help finding your ancestor's Norwegian church records and you can't find it on Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org? Then learn more here.

Genetoons is a simple, one-panel, Genealogy cartoons or the whole family to enjoy. Using a Genealogical idea or fact, I want the reader to laugh! I hope you enjoy them.

Happy Labor Day! It’s a day that honors work so why not take a trip into the past to find pictures of your laboring ancestors. Some of my favorite images on the Library of Congress website are the…

Stellar genealogy research logs will save you valuable time and effort. Make sure yours includes these six key pieces of information.

Prussia, in European history, any of three historical areas of eastern and central Europe. It is most often associated with the kingdom ruled by the German Hohenzollern dynasty, which claimed much of northern Germany and western Poland in the 18th and 19th centuries and united Germany under its leadership in 1871.

In the last post we talked about creating a story book about your ancestors, starting with yourself (or your subject) as number one and going back in time. You can also create a descendancy book : start with an ancestor a few generations back and movie into the present time, highlighting

Discover how to make a family tree for your photo book using Mixbook’s creative tools. A family tree photo book design connects generations past and present.

Want to document your family memories and histories, but need a great photobook idea to get you started? This post shares 10 great ways to preserve it all!

Thanks to a new historical population registry, it’s never been easier to research your own Norwegian family heritage. I know many of our regular readers are Norwegian Americans with relatives who left Norway several generations

I do not always feel willing to share my systems of organization. I am terribly tactile and visual and still find hard copies appealing regardless of all the amazing technology available and the s…