Category Archives: Genealogy Research Tips

FamilySearch Genealogy Classes Offered On-line

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Patricia Geary

FamilySearch, a service provided by the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, is now making its popular genealogy classes available at FamilySearch.org for FREE. Anyone anywhere in the world can access them … Continue reading →

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West Virginia Offers Online Access to Vital Records

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Patricia Geary

I have just spent the past two days making use of an upgraded database available through the West Virginia State Archives which gives access to more than 5.7 million vital records. The database provides not only lists or indices of … Continue reading →

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DAR Genealogical Research System

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Patricia Geary

The DAR Genealogical Research System is a combination of several databases created in recent years to organize the large quantity of information that the DAR has collected since its inception in 1890. Much of the work to create these research … Continue reading →

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What Happens to Your Stuff on RootsWeb When You Are No Longer Able to Manage It?

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Patricia Geary

By Joan Young Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 9 April 2008, Vol. 11, No. 14 Family history researchers are acutely aware of the importance of preserving their family’s information. We wish our ancestors had left us a better paper trail. … Continue reading →

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Internet Citation Guide for Genealogists

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Patricia Geary

The rapid growth of the Internet has outstripped the pace at which citation standards have been revised to include Internet sources. So, the purpose of this page is to serve as a guideline, if preliminary, to citing genealogically related material … Continue reading →

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