“Did My Ancestor Serve in the American Revolutionary War?” Research Steps to Prove a Family Legend
We frequently have clients contact us wanting to know, “How do I prove a family legend is true (or untrue)?”. In this arti…
Methodology
How to Connect with Your Pilgrim Ancestors and Join the Mayflower Society
Would you like to join the Mayflower Society? We walk you through the steps of proving your Pilgrim ancestry! If you know or suspect that yo…
Digging Through Name Changes: The Challenge of Dealing with Aliases in Genealogy Research
*shared with client permission What’s in a name? Plenty, when you’re dealing with name changes in genealogy research! We share h…
13 Secrets to Getting Replies from DNA Cousin Matches
Tips from one of our professional genealogists for getting responses from your DNA cousin matches. It happens to all of us. You see you have…
Time + Place= Records and Family!
If there’s any problem that’s bigger than not finding anything about your ancestors, it’s finding too many records with pe…
Finding Amelia Winter: Using Newspaper Social Columns to Find Female Ancestors
Searching for a female ancestor? Check the newspaper social columns! Tracing our female ancestors and learning about their lives can be a di…
How Long Does It Take to Build a Family Tree?
With the popularity of TV shows such as “Who Do You Think You Are?” and “Finding Your Roots,” a common question we r…
Covering Your Bases: Introduction to Autosomal DNA Coverage
“Why does my sister have different ethnicity percentages than I do?” “Why does my brother have different genetic cousins t…