Learn & Grow With These 14 Genealogy Podcasts

In honor of International Podcast Day tomorrow (9/30), I thought I’d share a list of active genealogy podcasts designed to help you learn and grow along your genealogy journey. Ancestral Findings Podcast Conversations with Kenyatta Extreme Genes Family Tree Podcast Genealogy Connection Genealogy Gems The […]

Book Review — The Magic of German Church Records: Finding the Key to Your Ancestor’s Past

Title: The Magic of German Church Records: Finding the Key to Your Ancestor’s Past Author: Katherine Schober Format: Paperback Published: 2020 My Rating: The following review first appeared in the Federation of Genealogical Societies FORUM magazine (Fall 2020); reprinted with permission. This post contains affiliate links. […]

Something New On the Horizon

I’m so excited to share some news with you! Over the last few months, I’ve been busy working behind the scenes to turn Genealogy Problem-Solving Academy into a self-study course! I will be unveiling the self-study version on August 31, 2021, but only to those […]

How To Find, View & Download Digital Books from FamilySearch

FamilySearch has all sorts of genealogy-related materials digitized and available online. From records to books, there’s a lot to peruse. One section of their website is the FamilySearch Digital Library, which has oodles of digitized books. This is a great place to find all sorts […]

IGHR 2021 Debrief

I spent the week before last immersed in Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research’s Military Records I: The Colonial Era To the Vietnam War course. I had three main objectives going into the course: Learn more about pre-Revolutionary War conflicts Learn more about War of […]

Celebrating 13 Years of Genealogy Blogging

Wow! I’ve been blogging about genealogy for 13 years! I honestly can’t believe it’s been that long, as it seems like yesterday. As always, I want to take a moment to thank all of my loyal followers for sticking with me all these years. It […]

Helping Hand: Organize & Preserve Your Family Photos & Documents

As a follower of this blog, I suspect you’re always on the lookout for ways to organize and preserve your family photos and genealogy records. Am I right? I know it’s something we as genealogists struggle with. All the little (okay, BIG!) questions—how to store […]

Ancestor Birth Place Chart

A few days ago I ran across an Instagram post from Cathie (@ancestordiscovery) that brought me back a few years. She posted an image of an ancestor birth place chart she created based on the one that J Paul Hawthrone (@jpaulhawthorne) created back in 2016. […]