Did your ancestor work for the railroad? If so, you'll want to explore railroad records to find out more about them. Here's what you need to know to find them.
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Alternative Sources for Tracking Your Ancestors: City Directories, Social Sections of Old Newspapers, and School Yearbooks
Do you feel like you've reached a point where you have no other resources to search for your ancestors? Don't forget these alternative sources. They may just have the clues you need to move forward.
Resources for Tracing Your Canadian Ancestors Online
Are you starting your Canadian genealogy search and aren't sure where to find the good record sources? Here are the top Canadian research sites online.
Tips on Researching Your African-American Family History Before 1870
Are you researching your African-American family tree and not getting as far back as you would like to? You’re not alone, and you are not without resources. There may not be many records on your...
Soundex: What It Is and How to Use It
Have you seen a Soundex search option when using census databases online? If you have, but don't know what it is or why you should use it, here's the scoop.
Oregon Trail Ancestry: Did Your Ancestors Travel the Trail?
What was the Oregon Trail? Here's what you need to know about this important part of American History, and how you can discover whether your ancestors traveled it.
Resource Guide to Canadian Genealogy
Do you have Canadian ancestors you wish to research? Are you wondering where to start? This list gives you five of the best websites for doing Canadian genealogy online.
How to Use Family Lore to Discover the Real Stories
How true are your family's legends? Most have at least a grain of truth in them. Here's how to use family stories as jumping off points to get the real truth behind the legends of your ancestors.
How to Do Everything: Genealogy
Genealogy Book Club Recommendation: Discover your genealogy using the latest methods Thoroughly revised to cover new tools, techniques, and data, How to Do Everything: Genealogy, Fourth...
Finding Your Hispanic Roots
Genealogy Book Club Recommendation: Finding Your Hispanic Roots is quite possibly the most useful manual on Hispanic ancestry ever published. Building on the previously published Tracing Your...
Genealogy Research Tips
Tricks for Finding the Unknown Burial Location of an Ancestor 3 Ways to Be Constantly Improving Your Genealogy Research 3 Online Genealogy Classes You Can Take to Improve Your Skills 3 Genealogy...
Top 10 Genealogy Reference Books (plus 5 more)
I couldn't find myself stopping with only 10 genealogical books. There've been so many books that have helped me in my personal genealogy research in the past 25 years.
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This Weeks Free Lookups (July 20)
Church Records: Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, 1729-1881 Church records such as those included here are among the best sources for information on births, marriages, and deaths...