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Digging for Deaths: Understanding the Census Mortality Schedule

January 13, 2023 by Katharine - Legacy Tree Genealogists Researcher 2 Comments

This is the first article in a series meant to introduce mortality schedules and the information contained within them. The follow-up article will include examples of interesting tidbits and intriguing stories that these records have helped to uncover.   Across most of the United States, consistent, statewide registration of vital events, such as births, deaths, and marriages, did not begin until the twentieth century. For genealogists, this creates a gap that is sometimes difficult to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Genealogy Records and Resources, Uncategorized Tagged With: ancestry, family history, genealogist, genealogy records, records, research

15 Steps to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors

November 28, 2022 by Marissa - Legacy Tree Genealogists Researcher 2 Comments

Immigrant Ancestor Research

Immigration ancestor research can be very rewarding as you discover the story behind your ancestor's journey across the pond. In this guide, we share 15 steps to discovering your ancestor's story of their journey to the United States and help you retrace their steps to find the records and data to verify your heritage.  If you live in the United States and your ancestors aren’t Native American, then your ancestors crossed the pond at some point. Depending on the time period and proximity to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: European ancestry, European family history, family history, genealogy, immigration, Immigration research, methodology

Technological Advances in Genealogy

April 4, 2022 by Gretchen - Legacy Tree Genealogists Researcher 4 Comments

Advances in Technology for Genealogy Research

Legacy Tree Genealogists’ Gretchen Jorgensen is a Research Teams Manager and specializes in genetic genealogy and DNA analysis. In this article, she discusses the impact of technology on genealogy with a particular focus on photographs, access to records, and DNA. Technological advances impact many facets of modern life, and genealogy is no exception. What has been considered traditional genealogy is changing dramatically, and technological advances are helping family history work become … [Read more...]

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Setting the Record Straight: 6 Common Myths About Hiring a Professional Genealogist

June 17, 2021 by Carolyn - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 12 Comments

Facts VS Myths

One of our genealogists breaks down some of the myths about genealogical research and provides valuable insight into the process of hiring a professional. This article may answer some of the questions you have about hiring a genealogist to research your family's history. As professional genealogists, genealogy is our passion as much as it is our profession. We love nothing more than to sink our teeth into a juicy ancestral mystery, gather up all available evidence, and piece together … [Read more...]

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Meet Tani, Project Manager for Legacy Tree Genealogists

March 15, 2021 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Meet Tani, one of Legacy Tree Genealogists talented project managers! Tani began her love affair with genealogy as a young girl at sleep-overs with her maternal grandmother when together they would compile family history books. Later visiting the Family History Library with her mother and grandmother simply fanned the genealogy flame in her young heart. Both of these amazing women spent many of their final days and hours fully engaged in compiling records with sources and stories to pass on to … [Read more...]

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Shocking Ethnicity Estimate Leads to Life-Altering Discovery

October 2, 2020 by Paul - Legacy Tree Genealogists Researcher 13 Comments

A surprising ethnicity estimate leads Tom to explore the possibility that the father who raised him was not his biological father. Sometimes, genetic genealogy test results don’t fit with what you might expect given what you know (or think you know) about your family tree. These anomalies can sometimes be explained by the way in which estimates are generated. Other times, surprising ethnicity results are instead due to cases of recent misattributed parentage. Such was the case with Tom.  We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adoption & Genetic Genealogy, Uncategorized Tagged With: biological father, DNA, DNA test results, ethnicity estimate, genetic genealogy, misattributed parentage

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