James Tanner, on his GenealogyStar blog, wrote the post My Top Ten Genealogy Programs for now on the 14 August 2016. Randy Seaver on his genea-musings blog, also did a post My top ten genealogy research programs I’ve decided to do a post about my top 10 as well. I prefer to call these tools, rather… Continue reading My top 10 tools for genealogy
Category: Genealogy Tips
Finding information in unlikely places
On the Genealogy Boomerangs blog, I came across the post Some Pinterest Updates, that mentioned that the Victorian Government Gazettes were free to search online. Since I had recently viewed some of these records during Ancestry and FindMyPast free weekend for the Australian Day holiday, I was eager to see whether the same records are… Continue reading Finding information in unlikely places
Smart Matches and Merging
Yesterday, I read a post (I can’t remember which one) which mentioned that Legacy Family Tree could synchronise with FamilySearch, so I checked out the information on the Legacy site https://www.legacyfamilytree.com/fs.asp However, rather than a true synchronisation, this is really just an option to do merging, just like with My Heritage Smart Matches and Ancestry… Continue reading Smart Matches and Merging
Same name, different child
Kathleen McKenzie on her Vita Brevis blog wrote a post “The Name’s the Same”, where she told of how her great grandparents had two children who had died young, and they had then given two younger children the same names. She had investigated this, and found that it was an Irish custom, to honor the… Continue reading Same name, different child
Making the most of the Ancestry and FindMyPast free weekend
If you have ancestors/relatives in Australia, the range of databases Ancestry offers that aren’t available for free elsewhere is greater than that of FindMyPast. I decided to test this out by seeing what records were available on FindMyPast and on Ancestry for my maiden name: Whimpey. FindMyPast, in their Census, Land & Surveys section, only… Continue reading Making the most of the Ancestry and FindMyPast free weekend
Searching beyond record hints
Although the record hints in Ancestry, and other websites such as My Heritage, can help you find additional records for your ancestors, in many cases you would need to conduct more research, which may possibly not yet be included in the record collections at Ancestry (or My Heritage), to determine whether the record suggested is… Continue reading Searching beyond record hints
Where to focus your research
Anna Matthews in her post Saturday Night Afternoon Fun – Ancestor score (on her Tripping over my roots blog) asked the question: “I enjoy learning as much as I can about my relatives, which includes their siblings, family groups and even their friends. But if my goal is to learn who my direct ancestors are,… Continue reading Where to focus your research
Computer vs paper forms
I recently came across the post Starting your research on the right foot by The In-Depth Genealogist. While using paper forms may suit some people, I can’t imagine, having used computers for the better part of 20 years for my family history, using paper forms. For one thing, I can type a lot faster than I can… Continue reading Computer vs paper forms
Using timelines to plan your research
Amy Johnson Crow has just started a series 31 Days to Better Genealogy. The tip in day 1 was to decide what you want to find. The tip for day 2 is timelines. In my post Tips for deciding what to research I mentioned that before deciding what information you want to find, you needed… Continue reading Using timelines to plan your research
Tips for deciding what to research
Amy Johnson Crow has just started a series 31 Days to Better Genealogy. For day 1, the tip was “Decide what you want to find”. I have set out some additional tips about deciding what you want to find. When deciding what you want to find, you need to look at what information you already… Continue reading Tips for deciding what to research
