This Month’s Genealogical Webinars
Genealogy Webinars for May 2012
2 May 2012, 2:00pm – Researching Your Pennsylvania Ancestors Pennsylvania has a plethora of archives, libraries, and repositories, where you’ll find a wealth of documents to help you unlock key details about your ancestors. Discover what records are available, where they are located and how to utilize them to trace your roots in the Keystone [...]
Getting Started with Genealogy
How do I call thee? Let me count the names…
If you’ve started researching your family tree you’ve likely run into the following scenario: Things are going great in the 1940 Census, the 1930 Census, the 1920 Census, and probably the 1910 Census. But you’ve noticed that the further that you go back the more bizarre the spellings of your ancestors’ names become. You’ve been [...]
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How do I call thee? Let me count the names…
If you’ve started researching your family tree you’ve likely run into the following scenario: Things are going great in the 1940 Census, the 1930 Census, the 1920 Census, and probably the 1910 Census. But you’ve noticed that the further that you go back the more bizarre the spellings of your ancestors’ names become. You’ve been [...]
[Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories] Christmas Tree Ornaments: The Pickle
Welcome to MyNeChimKi’s Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories! Thanks to Geneabloggers for developing these fantastic prompts for some holiday spirited blogging. Over the next month we’ll be blogging about some of our fondest Christmas memories. This post was originally posted on 3 December 2010. Today’s topic: Christmas Tree Ornaments: The Pickle Some time after we [...]
[Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories] Santa Claus?
Welcome to MyNeChimKi’s Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories! Thanks to Geneabloggers for developing these fantastic prompts for some holiday spirited blogging. Over the next month we’ll be blogging about some of our fondest Christmas memories. This post was originally posted on 6 December 2009 Today’s topic: Santa Claus As much as I’d like to not [...]
You’re My WHAT Cousin?!?
Have you ever been stumped by the whole “2nd cousin” or “1st cousin once removed” dilemma? Don’t worry, we all have!! Figuring out relationships can be difficult. If you’re like me, then you probably saw all your relatives only a handful of times every year. And when you did see them, linguistics was irrelevant! Now you can [...]
Resist Swinging From the Branches
Yes, it’s tempting to go straight to the outer-reaches of your family tree. It’s tempting to explore long forgotten passenger lists and of course tempting to claim ancestors from the medieval times (who wouldn’t like to be related to a knight or a king?). But, to successfully trace your lineage you have to build a [...]
Genealogy Webinars for May 2012
2 May 2012, 2:00pm – Researching Your Pennsylvania Ancestors Pennsylvania has a plethora of archives, libraries, and repositories, where you’ll find a wealth of documents to help you unlock key details about your ancestors. Discover what records are available, where they are located and how to utilize them to trace your roots in the Keystone [...]
Using 1940 ED Maps to Find Your Family
Now that the 1940 U.S. Census has been released I’m sure that you’re as interested as I am with finding your family online! Since these images are provided for free, it’s easier than ever to have access to the Census records. Note… I didn’t say that it’s easier than ever to find your family! Without a full [...]
