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If My Ancestry Subscription Expires, What Happens to My Tree?”
BLOG article. COPYRIGHT © 2017 LISA LOUISE COOKE’S GENEALOGY GEMS
10 Easy Tips for Using Ancestry.com
Family Tree magazine Premium Article by David A. Fryxell June 10, 2018.
10 Genealogy Blogs Worth Reading
BLOG article by Kimberly Powell Updated March 03, 2017
10 Genealogy Blogs Worth Reading
BLOG article by Kimberly Powell Updated March 03, 2017
10 Places You Didn’t Think To Look
BLOG Posted by Ancestry Team on July 7, 2015 in Research.
11 Places To Find Your Ancestor's School Records
BLOG article by 4YourFamilyStory.com 16 Jan 2016: ... put your ancestors in a time and a place — very helpful when you can't seem to find them in more-used records like the federal population census....your ancestors' school records... may reveal their parents' names or siblings. So while not an exhaustive list, the following 11 places may yield school records for your ancestors.....
23 Non-Genealogy Websites That Genealogists Really Should Use
Article from FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE: To help you break the habit of sticking with the same sites, we’ve come up with a list of 23 “nongenealogy” websites that can help you solve genealogy research problems, find valuable new resources and connect with cousins. Which ones should be next on your list?
25 Best Genealogy Websites for Beginners
BLOG article by Sunny Jane Morton 11/11/2016. If you're just starting out researching your family history, start at these 25 best genealogy websites for beginners.
3 Tips for Making the Most of Your Ancestry DNA results
Blog Apr 25, 2017 | Posted by Diana Elder | DNA, Research Tips: Have you taken the Ancestry DNA test and now you’re wondering what to do with your results? Besides discovering your ethnicity, you also want to connect with cousins that will help you fill in missing branches of your family tree.
3 Tips on How to Print Awesome Large Family Tree Templates on Your Home Computer
BLOG by melanie August 31st, 2010: Here’s how you print out your family tree template as a poster.
41 Strategies For Finding Your Family History Online
Article from Family Tree Magazine by David A. Fryxell August 18, 2016.
5 Research Tools Everyone Should Be Using When Doing Their Family History
BLOG Article by Amie Bowser Tennant: Number 1: Research Plans: A research plan can keep you focused and organized. Your research plan may look different than another’s and that’s okay.
5 Super Helpful Tips for FamilySearch.org
Blog on Tenacious Genealogy, by Laura Nelson, Posted on October 9, 2017.
5 Things You Might Be Missing on Ancestry
Posted on August 31, 2018 by Amy Johnson Crow.
5 Uncommon Places to Find Your Ancestors’ Missing Parents
Article from Family History Daily: To locate the correct parents for our ancestors we must find a source that is reliable and that lists enough information for us to be SURE that we have the right person.
5 Ways To Tell If Your Genealogy Research Is Accurate
How do you know if your genealogy research is successful? There is a lot of guesswork and uncertainty in genealogy.
6 Ways to Keep Your Kids’ Attention on Genealogy
Article by Sunny Jane Morton with Cheryl Felix McClellan July 26, 2017: Follow these tips to capture—and keep—a young person’s family history focus.
7 Common Historical Newspaper Abbreviations and Terms
Blog article Posted on April 12, 2018 by Trevor Hammond on Fishwrap, the official blog of Newspapers.com
7 Little-Used Tricks for Finding That Missing Maiden Name
Family History Daily article.
8 Sources to Look For An Ancestor’s Grave Site
BLOG article by Lisa Lisson. Sometimes we just need to know the records to find. Sometimes we need to know who to ask.
A common-sense guide for genealogical beginners GPS
My Heritage guest post by Jennifer Mendelsohn. December 20, 2017. Professional genealogists actually have clear standards for how they conduct research. The professional bible known as Genealogy Standards, published by the Board for Certification of Genealogists, lays out a five-point protocol known as the Genealogical Proof Standard. And, while it might be unrealistic to expect that every casual user working on an online family tree can be held to that professional standard, especially when they’re just getting started, it’s worth looking at what the Genealogical Proof Standard entails and how beginners can learn from it.
A Little-Known Government Genealogy Service
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: A little-known program of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provides genealogy information that may be difficult or impossible to obtain elsewhere. The records include naturalization files, visa applications, and citizenship tests, and may reveal family secrets and mysteries. In addition to relatives, historians or researchers can also request files. Under the USCIS Genealogy Program, which started in 2008,...
Ancestry.com Library Edition (FREE)
**Ancestry.com Library Edition (FREE) is available at the Ames Public Library.** At homepage (amespubliclibrary.org)>Research>Genealogy>databases... ALSO at Iowa Genealogical Society Library(http://iowagenealogy.org/?page_id=24) in Des Moines, Iowa. ALSO at Family History Center(https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ames_Iowa_Family_History_Center) at 2524 Hoover Ave. Ames, IA 50010
Ancestry.com’s “Location Traps” Are Causing Researchers to Miss Important Records
Article from Family History Daily: Excerpt from Lesson 5: Avoiding Location Search Traps in Your Ancestry.com Searches. How to be more effective in SEARCH by narrowing results by avoiding " the location autocomplete." When searching a record collection, whether you are using exact or inexact locations (or other fields), take the time to make sure your locations match those in the collection you are targeting.
short video from Ancestry Academy
Anne's Family History Resources
This site is for both the beginning and experienced genealogist. It has links to many types of resources and includes help for beginners. Anne Livingston teaches genealogy classes.
Become a Master of Ancestry.com’s Search Options
Article by Nancy Hendrickson February 21, 2018: Not getting the results you want on Ancestry.com? Our close look at the site’s search options will help you refocus those off-target searches to find your ancestors’ records.
Article by David A. Fryxell July 22, 2014 at Family Tree Magazine.
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Story County, Iowa
The full manuscript contains a condensed history of the state of Iowa, a number of biographies of distinguished citizens of the state of Iowa, a descriptive history of Story county and 229 selected biographical sketches of the citizens of Story County, Iowa.
Last Updated: 4 July 2017 [Located in Category: Story County]
Break Through Your Brick Walls Today Using Facebook: Here’s How
Article from Family History Daily: FamilySearch.org has created new Facebook groups. I joined them all.
CensusTools Spreadsheets for Census Data
Ever try entering extracted census data into your genealogy program’s text editor? You probably noticed that it isn’t set up for the kind of information recorded in census tables. The mess and frustration led to the creation of our first spreadsheet in 2001 so the data could be electronically preserved in an easy to view format. 40+ genealogy spreadsheets later, CensusTools provides researchers with quality tools to electronically record, preserve and archive family history data. Includes spreadsheets for Iowa census. $$
From ANCESTRY.COM: Download these charts and forms to organize your research. Organize your family on blank census forms.
The “Secret” Codes on Death Certificates That Can Tell You How Your Ancestors Died. To find the list of codes visit this page and then choose the revision that encompasses the year of your certificate. Because updates were/are made to the database about every 10 years you will need to access the correct revision. Information can change dramatically from revision to revision, so making sure you have the correct one is very important.
Death Records: A Check List of Ten Documents Every Genealogist Should Acquire
Article by Bill Dollarhide Posted on April 6, 2012: Here are ten places to look for a death record. All ten sources should be obtained for every ancestor on your pedigree chart, and every member of a family on your family group sheet.
Digital Archives of the Bertha Bartlet Public Library
Story City Herald (1894-2013) 64,967 Pages/ The Messenger (1897-1901) 750 Pages/ Story City News (1887-1889) 416 Pages/ South Hamilton News (1970-1970) 12 Pages.
Don’t Do Another Minute of Genealogy Research Until You Do This One Thing
Article from Family History Daily. BACK IT UP.
Donating Genealogical Materials to Genealogy Today
Whether you have photographs, documents, articles, books, transcriptions or other materials that you'd like to share with others, Genealogy Today can assist in cataloging and publishing (i.e. hosting) them online.
EASY Digital Filenaming to Organize Genealogy Files
BLOG By Denise May Levenick | March 22, 2017. ..a file naming scheme...E – A – S – Y Eliminate Special Characters, Avoid Spaces and Periods, Short is Better, Year First for Dates.
Blog article by jessaroni "Do As I'm Doing" multiple posts that can be found here: Part 2 – Materials; Part 3 – Dividers; Part 4 – Photos; Part 5 – Timelines and Maps; Part 6 – Documents.
From MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY: Note on fillable PDFs: Many of the forms have been designed as fillable PDFs. To use the fillable functionality, right click on the title and choose "Save link as" or "Save target as." Once you've saved the file, you can open it with Adobe Reader and fill in the form.
Family history interviews - questions to ask
Family history stories revealed through the memories of your relatives bring a level of colour and detail to your genealogy research that you won't find elsewhere.
Family History Quick Start Guide series!
Welcome to Course 1. This course will cover some of the basics of getting ORGANIZED.
More than 100 family tree templates you can download and print for free. Or, download customizable versions for just $4.
Family Tree Tips: 23 Secrets to Organize Your Genealogy
A Free Downloadable E-book with Tips on Organizing Your Genealogy
This free, printable family history table is a great alternative to a family tree. More information can be entered, like the husband and wife's names, birth and death dates, marriage, birth and death places, and children. Perhaps take several copies to a family reunion for collecting information from your living relatives.
Family History Books is a collection of more than 325,000 digitized genealogy and family history publications... from partner institutions
Filling out forms of pedigree and family group
Basic beginning information of How to Use the Pedigree Chart & Family Group Sheet.
Last Updated: 10 September 2017 [Located in Category: Skills]
Find A Grave is a free resource for finding the final resting places of famous folks, friends and family members. With millions of names, it's an invaluable tool. You may want to register to have privilege of editing, linking, and requesting photos, and/or contributing as a volunteer. A mobile app is available.
Find the Hidden Original Records for Ancestry’s Indexes With This Smart Technique
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Follow your family tree through the census
Make key discoveries generation by generation with the full collection of US Census records from 1790 to 1940 at findmypast.com FREE
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