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How Knowing Family Stories Helps Overcome Challenges

October 17, 2024 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Family Stories Build Confidence

Embracing Your Family Stories The genealogy journey is one fraught with unexpected discoveries and stories. As you delve deeper into family history and past stories, there can often be positive and negative surprises that shift your perspective of yourself and the world around you. As you learn about the past, you can choose to create a future that your descendants can be proud of and, in so many ways, come to understand yourself better and grow as an individual.  Growing From Your Ancestor's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ancestors, family history, Family History Activities, genealogy, stories

6 Essential Steps To Trace Your Finnish Ancestry

October 13, 2023 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 6 Comments

Finnish ancestry blog article

Looking for ways to learn more about your Finnish ancestry? You're in for a wonderful journey! Finland has some of the most welcoming and genuine folks you'll ever encounter. It has a fascinating cultural heritage and history, with deep ties to Sweden and the Russian Empire. Delving into your Finnish heritage could uncover a rich tapestry of inspiring stories and enduring characteristics passed down through generations. Besides having basic genealogy skills and a bit of knowledge about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, Finland, Genealogy Records and Resources, genealogy research, Genealogy Tips & Best Practices, Internet Research Tagged With: ancestry, Finland, Finnish, genealogy

What Is Genealogy? How To Get Started With Family History Research

September 5, 2023 by Maggie - Legacy Tree Genealogists Research Team Manager 2 Comments

What is genealogy

What is genealogy? What do you need to know to create a solid foundation for your family history research? What is a family tree, and how create an accurate family tree? How can you use DNA to help you with your research? We'll answer these questions and more for anyone who wants to find their ancestors anywhere in the world. What is genealogy? Genealogy can take many different forms, but what does it really mean? Is it simply names, dates, and places? Is it discovering deep roots at home or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Genealogy Education, Genealogy for Enjoyment, Genealogy Records and Resources, genealogy research, Genealogy Tips & Best Practices Tagged With: census records, DNA, genealogy, Genealogy for Beginners, genetic genealogy, Vital Records

An Expert’s Secrets For German Genealogy Research

May 16, 2023 by Jessica - Legacy Tree Genealogists President 6 Comments

German genealogy research

We sat down with German genealogy research expert, Katie Schober, founder of Germanology Unlocked–courses, German-English translation services, and books for those who need some professional help with their German ancestry research.  In this article you'll learn about: • The foundations of Germanology Unlocked • Understanding German Genealogy Research Language • How to navigate German dialects • Whether or not you need to know German in order to do your family history research • … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Genealogy Brick Walls, genealogy research, Genealogy Tips & Best Practices, Germany Tagged With: genealogy, Germany, language

RootsTech 2023 Recap: Uniting and Learning In Genealogy Family Research

March 10, 2023 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

RootsTech 2023 Legacy Tree Genealogists

It was surreal and wonderful to see everyone at RootsTech 2023 Genealogy Family Research in person again after a couple of years away during the pandemic. Legacy Tree Genealogists were happy to see old friends and make new ones as we all came together through our passion for genealogy research. The theme of RootsTech 2023 was “Uniting.” Genealogy research helps us unite our families past, present, and future. Through all the ups and downs of the never ending genealogy journey, it’s reassuring … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conferences & Education, Genealogy Education, Genealogy for Enjoyment, Legacy Tree Genealogists, Professional Genealogy Tagged With: genealogy, Professional Genealogists, RootsTech

How To Use Mexican Marriage Records for Genealogical Research

February 22, 2023 by Andrew - Legacy Tree Genealogists Researcher 8 Comments

Mexican marriage

While researching Mexican marriage records, have you ever wondered, "Why is there more than one marriage record, and why do they have different dates?"   Early Mexican marriages are primarily found in Catholic church records. Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in the 1860s. Many marriages in Mexico in the 1860s and later are found in both civil and church records, but typically with different dates. Civil registration records will sometimes include more then one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Records, Genealogy Records and Resources, Latin America, Mexico Tagged With: genealogy, Marriage records, Mexican research, Mexico

6 Signs of Misattributed Parentage in Your Genetic Family Tree 

January 4, 2023 by Paul - Legacy Tree Genealogists Researcher 4 Comments

Best DNA Testing for Genealogy Research

While DNA testing and genetic evidence are certainly useful for breaking down challenging historic brick walls, the implications of DNA testing can also hit closer to home in the modern era when it comes to research on misattributed parentage.   In cases of adoption, unknown parentage or misattributed parentage, genetic genealogy methodologies enable identification of close biological ancestors whose identities might otherwise remain unknown, and which represent immediate brick walls for any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adoption & Genetic Genealogy, DNA Research, ethnicity admixture, genetic admixture Tagged With: DNA, dna painter, DNA testing, ethnicity, genealogy, genetic genealogy, misattributed parentage, Y-DNA testing

15 Steps to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors

November 28, 2022 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 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

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