I was recently trying to find a birth entry for William Kidd. His death entry indicated he was born about 1887 at Chewton, Victoria, Australia, and his parents were John Kidd and Ann Boag.  I was unable to find an entry for William Kidd that matched, so I then tried searching for children with the… Continue reading Tuesday’s Tips – Using wildcards when searching

Reverse name order In searching for my uncle on FamilySearch, I couldn’t find an entry for him, but I knew I had already found his entry on BillionGraves, so his entry should’ve come up on FamliySearch, since they have indexes to BillionGraves memorials.  And then I remembered why I couldn’t find it – because the… Continue reading Tuesday’s Tips – Other options for searching names

If you can't find an entry that you believe should be in a collection, try browsing the collection, or at least narrow your search to just a surname. I had a funeral notice for one of dad's cousins, Ivy Henrietta White, nee Harley, which indicated she was buried at Warragul Lawn Cemetery.  When I searched… Continue reading Tuesdays Tips – Browse collections

I had found my grandfather, John Ernest Whimpey’s service file on the National Archives of Australia website, and had downloaded the images to my computer.  The problem was, when I tried to attach these images to the source citation for his birth, there were 30 images in total.  I tried to add some of the… Continue reading Tuesdays Tips – Smallpdf

I started a series Thursday’s Tips last Thursday where I share information about the various resources I use to research my family tree.  This series on Tuesday is to share my other tips that help me in my research. When I went in to hospital, my sister brought up to my other sister’s house the… Continue reading Tuesday’s Tips – Templates