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German Immigrants in American Church Records

December 28, 2015 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 6 Comments

If your family tree has German immigrants, include American church records in your genealogy research efforts.  Do you have German ancestors who lived in the Midwest? Were they Protestants? If you answered yes to those questions, then you need to know about the German Immigrants in American Church Records (GIACR) series. Compiled by Dr. Roger P. Minert of Brigham Young University, the first volume of the series was published in 2005 and has since expanded to include 18 volumes, the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Records, Europe, Germany, Immigration, United States Tagged With: church, family history, family history library, genealogy, German, Germany, immigrant, immigration, library, record, records, United States

Finding the Gold in Original Family History Records

November 13, 2015 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 3 Comments

When conducting genealogical research, it is vital – and also extremely fun – to collect as many records as possible regarding the research subject in order to gain a fuller picture of the life of that individual. This applies to all types of records, such as birth and death certificates, censuses, obituaries, church records, and ship manifests, to name a few. First, Locating Digital Records In today’s digital world, information is often accessed through search engines that scan indexes. These … [Read more...]

Filed Under: British Isles, Methodology Tagged With: Ancestor, digital record, England, family history, family history library, genealogy, genealogy records, legacy tree, methodology, National Archives, Original Records, Research Tips

Bringing Danish Ancestry To Life

September 4, 2015 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 7 Comments

This personal experience from a genealogist at Legacy Tree shares how finding records from her family history brought her Danish ancestry to life.  In a town close to where I live is a humble little 14’x18’ log cabin built in 1855. It was one of the first permanent structures in its community, and, as it happens, was the home of my great-great-great-grandparents, Wilhelm and Laura Amelia Knudsen. Laura gave birth to six of her thirteen children in that house. While over the years the log … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: ancestry, cabin, Danish, Denmark, europe, family history library

5 Tips for Finding Female Ancestors

December 19, 2014 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 3 Comments

Are you struggling to find female ancestors in your family history? We share 5 tips for locating those elusive ancestresses!  “The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.” – William Blackstone, English jurist and judge Such a quote sounds grating and out-of-place in our twenty-first century society, but it was the legal and cultural reality under which American women lived during most of history, due to our heritage of English common law. Blackstone’s quote above is in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Methodology Tagged With: elusive ancestors, family history, family history library, female ancestor, genealogy, genealogy tips, legacy tree, methodology, obituary, probate, women's rights

Decoding Property Records: Genealogy and the Base and Meridian

August 11, 2014 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Property records are full of genealogy information! Here's how understanding the baseline and meridian in land records can help in your genealogy research. Back in 1855 when the state of Utah was getting organized, the Salt Lake Meridian was established and it was from this very point that the entire state of Utah was surveyed. The stone post in this photo is essentially the center of Utah, and the baseline (or latitude) and meridian (longitude) is still surveyed from here. This was an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deeds, Land Records Tagged With: Base and Meridian, deeds, family history library, genealogy research, land, land records, map, methodology, property records, salt lake, tips

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