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Celebrating Pioneer Heritage

July 30, 2014 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Celebrating pioneer heritage is more than just Mormon's trekking across The United States to settle in Utah. What pioneers are in your family history? Last week in Utah we celebrated our annual State Holiday – Pioneer Day. Though the celebration began in honor of the first Mormon pioneers who arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on 24 July 1847, it is now in honor of everyone (regardless of faith or nationality) who came to the Salt Lake Valley between 1847 and about 1869, when the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legacy Tree Genealogists, United States Tagged With: ancestry, family history, genealogists, genealogy, heritage, immigrant, immigration, pioneer, utah

Spotlight: The FamilySearch Learning Center – Onsite U.S. Courthouse Research

July 10, 2014 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

If you're looking to expand your access to free resources and records, look no further than the FamilySearch Learning Center! This is a great interactive tool to help you learn more about onsite courthouse research. FamilySearch boasts an impressive collection of free tools to help anyone learn more about doing family history research. Today we thought we'd highlight a fun interactive video about onsite courthouse research, found HERE. As a professional and published genealogist, Christine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archives & Repositories, Court Records, United States Tagged With: archives, courthouse research, FamilySearch, FamilySearch Learning Center, genealogists, genealogy, genealogy education, legacy tree

Maps and Family History: Early United States Maps We Love

July 2, 2014 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Linking maps with family history research can help us better understand the lives of our ancestors. Here are our top resources for finding early U.S. maps! As genealogists, we love maps. They're such a helpful way to show a client where an ancestor was living, especially if the ancestor lived near the border of another town or county, which can affect what records need to be searched. Here are some great resources for early United States maps: We love http://mapofus.org. When you click on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Genealogy Records and Resources, Land Records, United States Tagged With: early, family, history, links, map, maps, methodology, records, research, resources, tips, tricks, United States, US

State Land Grants or Patents for Genealogy

June 23, 2014 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Using state land grants or patents to obtain vital genealogy documents is one way to help tear down your family history brick walls. We've recently been helping a client discover more about an ancestor who lived in North Carolina in the mid- to late-1700s. Southern U.S. research that's this early requires a careful look at existing documents, especially since often there aren't nearly as many documents available as there are for the mid- to late-1800s. We were happy to find that this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deeds, Genealogy Tips & Best Practices, Land Records, Methodology, United States Tagged With: archive, deed, genealogist, genealogy, manuscript, patents, record, research, Southern, state, state land grants, United States

Write a Captivating Family History with the 1900 Census

June 17, 2014 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 4 Comments

As you write your family history, don't neglect the wealth of information that can be found in the 1900 census!  What were you doing at the turn of the century? Watching the Times Square Ball drop as Dick Clark prattled on? Were you hiding in a closet, worried about how Y2K would wreak havoc on your life? Were you partying like it was 1999? Author Ian Frazier masterfully wove together the happenings of the previous turn of the century with his own genealogical findings in the opening of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Census, United States, Writing a Family History Tagged With: 1900, census, family, family biography, family history, genealogy, history, records, tips, tricks, United States, US, writing

Sons & Daughters of the American Revolution

June 10, 2014 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 16 Comments

Having the honor of joining the Sons and Daughters of The American Revolution is no simple task. Here is what you need to know before you apply to this historical lineage society.  We've been in business since 2004, and in that time, Legacy Tree has had countless numbers of people contact us about joining various lineage societies, with the most popular choice being the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution (SAR/DAR). While the documentation requirements for these societies … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Genealogy & Lineage Societies, United States Tagged With: application, DAR, documentation, genealogy, lineage society, maternal lineage, paternal lineage, SAR, society, United States

Untangling a Varied Pedigree

February 28, 2014 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 2 Comments

On a recent client project, we untangled a varied pedigree consisting of Chinese, Japanese, and Southern American heritage. Here's how we dissected a complicated family history! As a Project Manager with Legacy Tree Genealogists, one of the best parts of my job is seeing the amazing things we are able to do for our clients. Clients come to us with questions, genealogy tangles, and often with a pile of old documents they don’t even know what to do with. We take these muddled ingredients and turn … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asian Genealogy, Methodology, United States Tagged With: Chinese, family history, family tree, genealogy, heritage, history, Japanese, pedigree, Southern, US, USA

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