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How to Get More from Today’s Genealogy Events & Meetings

September 10, 2021 by Jim - Legacy Tree Genealogists Editor 1 Comment

Online Genealogy Events

Legacy Tree Genealogists' James (Jim) Beidler discusses the changing landscape of genealogy events and meetings and offers tips on how to get the most out of these modern, largely online, learning opportunities.  Genealogy events have certainly changed over the years. In the past, local meetings often had speakers who were knowledgeable but sometimes had less than scintillating presentations. Full-day seminars, often with a single speaker, dotted seasonal calendars. Large events often had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conferences & Education, Genealogy for Enjoyment, Genealogy Records and Resources Tagged With: events, genealogy conferences, in person, remote, virtual

The Window Tax: A Window into Your Ancestry

June 22, 2021 by Jim - Legacy Tree Genealogists Editor Leave a Comment

Old Window Pane

Legacy Tree Genealogist, James (Jim) Beidler explains how a short-lived tax created in 1798 can be a valuable source of information for genealogy researchers. Discover which states retained this information and how to find it. Taxes. They're a subject from which many people wish to stay away - almost as much as they want to avoid paying them. There are many types of taxes, historically speaking, and records of them can vary greatly. In some cases, they are not even public records. Those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Genealogy Records and Resources, Land Records

A Step-by-Step Guide to Researching Historical Newspapers

December 6, 2020 by Jim - Legacy Tree Genealogists Editor 2 Comments

For many record groups used by genealogists, there are intuitive molds of sorts for getting started. The U.S. Census is taken on the “0” year every decade. American vital records are usually documents controlled on the state level. The type and availability of church registers is determined by a denomination’s beliefs. But historical newspapers? Well, they break the mold as a record group—with not only diversity of content but also a multitude of sources that need to be used harmoniously for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Newspapers Tagged With: family history, genealogy, genealogy resources, genealogy tips, historical, newspapers

Find Centuries of Ancestors in Germany’s Village Genealogy Books!

April 9, 2020 by Jim - Legacy Tree Genealogists Editor 9 Comments

If you have German ancestry, village genealogy books are an essential resource for extending your family history. German genealogy can be intimidating—after determining the ancestral village of origin, the next step involves deciphering documents written in an archaic handwritten cursive script that can challenge even the best of us. So, genealogists seeking their German ancestors can perhaps be forgiven for wishing for any kind of a shortcut that could make their lives easier. Fortunately, for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Genealogy Records and Resources, Germany Tagged With: ancestry, family history, genealogy, genealogy records, genealogy resources, German, Germany, village genealogy books

Why Is It Not on The Map? How Learning History Aids Your Genealogy

October 11, 2019 by Jim - Legacy Tree Genealogists Editor 5 Comments

Why is it not on the map

"Why is it not on the map?" We discuss how learning history can help you in your family history research--especially when it involves areas with shifting boundaries and name changes! One of the biggest frustrations for a family historian is finding a new place name written in a family record … but then not being able to find that place on a modern-day map, as was the issue we recently discussed in our blog article, Finding Vital Records for Galicia, Austria-Hungary. Sometimes this quandary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, Maps, United States

This Is Not a Drill: Pennsylvania Military Records Can Be Found Online!

March 8, 2019 by Jim - Legacy Tree Genealogists Editor 2 Comments

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Documenting military service is a goal for many genealogical researchers. For those with Pennsylvania ancestry, many military records are just a click away on the ARIAS website run by the state’s official archives. What Is ARIAS? ARIAS is an acronym for the Archives Records Information Access System, a website created by the Pennsylvania State Archives to enhance free access to databases showing the service of thousands of the state’s residents in various military outfits, tied to service in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Internet Research, Military Service

Time + Place= Records and Family!

October 15, 2018 by Jim - Legacy Tree Genealogists Editor Leave a Comment

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If there’s any problem that’s bigger than not finding anything about your ancestors, it’s finding too many records with people of the same name to make sense of it all. That’s when genealogists use the concepts of time and place in genealogy like a set of cross-hairs to hone in on records that relate to their family. Time and Place in Genealogy Research What does "time and place" mean to the family historian? It means putting yourself in the time and place of the ancestor for whom you are … [Read more...]

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