How DNA Results Can Help You Find Indirect or Collateral Relatives
DNA testing is not only useful for identifying direct ancestors. It can also help fill in the missing people on the branches of a family tre…
Genealogy Brick Walls
How to Find Ancestors Who Worked in Industrial Towns: A Genealogy Guide
Researching ancestors in 19th- and 20th-century industrial towns requires shifting from traditional land deeds to non-traditional records li…
The Genealogy Mystery: Uncovering Alpine Roots in Historic Süd Tirol
For families with roots in historic Süd Tirol (now Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy), tracing ancestors often requires more than searching online…
DNA and Genealogy Cold Cases: Five tips for using genetic evidence to break through brick walls in your family tree
In real life and in fiction, DNA is used to solve crimes that have stumped investigators for years or even decades. But what if the cold cas…
Legacy Tree Genealogists RootsTech 2024 Schedule
RootsTech 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah from Thursday February 29th – Saturday March 2nd. The theme this year is Remember, and we invit…
Finding Women Ancestors In Your Genealogy Research: Remember the Ladies!
How do you go about finding your women ancestors in your genealogy research? It’s a challenge nearly all family historians have faced. Fem…
What To Expect When You Hire a Genealogist: Team, Process, Timeline
What can you expect to happen when you hire a genealogist? What's the research, editing, and final production process like? How do they help…
An Expert’s Secrets For German Genealogy Research
We sat down with German genealogy research expert, Katie Schober, founder of Germanology Unlocked–courses, German-English translation serv…