Not Your Grandmother's Family Tree
Monday March 27, 2006
Today's extended biological families can sometimes make genealogy research very interesting. Adoption, sperm donation, egg donation, embryo adoption, surrogate parents and other alternative conception and family arrangements take the traditional ... Read More
2006 International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Monday March 27, 2006
This summer, the largest ever Jewish genealogy conference will offer programs
incorporating history, genealogy, sociology, anthropology, economics, geography, technology and DNA to about 2,000 anticipated international attendees with a passion for ... Read More
Face Recognition for Your Family Tree
Tuesday March 21, 2006
In an interesting twist on family tree research a new Web site is employing facial-recognition technology to analyze your facial features and match you up with potential relatives. While the ... Read More
Genealogy Software Roundup 2006
Monday March 20, 2006
Whether you're choosing your first genealogy software program or looking to upgrade, there are a number of excellent options available. Get the scoop on all the latest versions of favorite ... Read More
America's GenealogyBank
Monday March 20, 2006
A major new online genealogy service will be coming online later this year, according to a report by Dick Eastman in his online genealogy blog. The new database will contain ... Read More
FREE Access to the New England Historical & Genealogical Register
Monday March 20, 2006
The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is offering free access to one of their thousands of databases on NewEnglandAncestors.org, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Normally available only ... Read More
Research "Across the Pond"
Sunday March 19, 2006
Most family historians will eventually reach a point where their genealogy research leads them "across the pond" or over a border into a new country. Many genealogists, unfortunately, abandon their ... Read More
Digitizing of LDS Genealogy Records Going Faster Than Planned
Saturday March 18, 2006
The digitizing of genealogical records contained on millions of rolls of film stored in the Granite Mountain Vault Records facility of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS ... Read More
Genealogy Blogs 101
Friday March 17, 2006
RSS. Newsreaders. Atom feeds. It may sound technical and confusing, but genealogy blogs are actually a very neat way to keep up with the latest genealogy techniques and databases. The ... Read More
Irish in America
Wednesday March 15, 2006
Some say that on March 17, St. Patrick's Day, everyone is Irish. Well, here in America, we may not all be Irish, but a lot of us are. About 34.5 ... Read More
Madonna Related to British Royal Family
Monday March 13, 2006
The Queen of pop Madonna recently discovered that she's related to the future Queen, Camilla Parker Bowles. So is Canadian singer Celine Dion. Why Madonna is just discovering this, I'm ... Read More
New Format for Ancestry Daily News
Wednesday March 8, 2006
It's about time. Ancestry.com has finally decided to jump on the blog bandwagon with a 24-7 Family History Circle web log serving as a new format for Ancestry Daily News ... Read More
Do You Use a Surname List?
Monday March 6, 2006
You're at the library and run across a county history covering the county where your ancestors lived. Excited, you grab the book and start skimming the index for the surnames ... Read More
A Decade of Cyndi's List
Monday March 6, 2006
It's hard to believe how fast time flies. Ten years ago Cyndi Howells posted a Web site with information intended to assist members of her local genealogical society. Part of ... Read More
ArchiveGrid
Friday March 3, 2006
The recently launched ArchiveGrid is a free searchable database of family histories, personal papers and historical records held in archives around the world. Thousands of libraries, museums and archives have ... Read More