How can family memorabilia further your ancestry research? Read the first-hand account of one of our researchers about how a family photograph helped her extend her family tree.. Most of us know what it’s like to misplace our keys just as we leave home. We hunt high and low, then look down: they were “hiding” right in front of us, sitting on the windowsill or hanging from one of our fingers, obscured by other belongings. What a relief! We laugh at our distractedness and move on. Family … [Read more...]
AI in Genealogy: interview with expert Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson is an AI in Genealogy expert who founded the website Making Family History, and he co-hosts a podcast called The Family History AI Show with Steve Little. Mark sat down with us to help us understand what AI can and can't do for our genealogy research, and how to best use it to get the most helpful and accurate results. From Collecting Family History Stories to Technology and AI Legacy Tree: We'd love to know more about your background and what brought you into the genealogy … [Read more...]
Native American Genealogy Research Resources
This article will help you begin and continue your Native American Genealogy Research with helpful resources and methods. Throughout our twenty-year journey, we’ve helped many clients trace their roots to their Native American ancestors. Whether they wanted genealogical proof for tribal admittance or they simply wanted peace of mind knowing that the oral stories they heard were indeed true, every client is hoping for more validation of their heritage. Our blog articles can help you … [Read more...]
How To Begin Your African American Genealogy Research
Genealogy research is rarely easy or straightforward, and African American genealogy research adds a whole other layer of complexity when you’re looking for enslaved ancestors. We’ve compiled some of our best tips and information with links to help you get started on your genealogy journey with confidence. FINDING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN YOUR GENEALOGY RESEARCH Researching women in history is already quite difficult, but it can be even more difficult to find African American women … [Read more...]
How Knowing Family Stories Helps Overcome Challenges
Embracing Your Family Stories The genealogy journey is one fraught with unexpected discoveries and stories. As you delve deeper into family history and past stories, there can often be positive and negative surprises that shift your perspective of yourself and the world around you. As you learn about the past, you can choose to create a future that your descendants can be proud of and, in so many ways, come to understand yourself better and grow as an individual. Growing From Your Ancestor's … [Read more...]
Researching Your Windrush Generation Family History
This article explores the origins, contributions, and legacy of the Windrush generation, with a focus on how to research family history linked to this significant group. HMT Empire Windrush The 75th Anniversary of the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush in 1948 has stimulated a broad interest in the migration movement that saw an estimated 500,000 people arrive in Britain between 1948 and 1971 from former colonies in the West Indies, East Indies, Africa, and India.2 This migration laid the … [Read more...]
The Best Family History Activities
October is Family History Month, and we’re here to help you find motivation to get started on any piece of your family history that you’ve been hoping to start. Family History isn’t just sitting at a computer looking through archives and search engines. Family History includes learning more about your ancestors’ cultures, and then weaving them into your own family traditions. It’s gathering family around to tell stories and share wisdom. This month, we hope you’ll find a bit of time to … [Read more...]
How To Set a Genealogy Research Goal
Every year more and more records are made available from archives worldwide and family history industry partners continue to deliver technologies to make the research process more effective. These technologies range from using artificial intelligence to enable full-text search of handwritten records, to improved tools for analyzing DNA results to identify an unknown parent or break through a brick wall. Notwithstanding all these developments, genealogy research often still requires painstaking … [Read more...]