Tips and Tutorials for Your Genealogy Research and WebSite
Posted in Genealogy Research Tips on Apr 13th, 2008
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. But are we doing the same for those that follow us?During my time working [...]
Posted in Genealogy Research Tips on Apr 6th, 2008
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 found on the Internet. For the most part, the citation examples below are modeled after [...]
Posted in Genealogy Research Tips on Aug 24th, 2007
Genealogists are always looking for “dead people,” our ancestors. With the increase of genealogy sites on the Internet, quite often we head for Google to find out if there just might be some information about our elusive ancestors floating around out there somewhere. Do you know how to get the most out of Google [...]
Posted in Genealogy Research Tips on Dec 22nd, 2005
As time permits, I am entering information from the Social Security Death Index to individuals in the four genealogy databases. To see why this could be important to you, check out the RootsWeb Information Page on this index.
The “Application for a Social Security Number” is commonly referred to as the SS-5. In addition to the [...]
Posted in Genealogy Research Tips on Dec 21st, 2005
Serving Their Country By Fran Bolton jfrbol@aol.com
If you can’t find your ancestor, especially if he is a young man, on the 1920 U.S. census in the state you know (or think) he lived in, consider putting “ALL” in the state box and do a search. He just might have been in the military at the [...]
Posted in Genealogy Research Tips on Dec 21st, 2005
NSDAR VOLUNTEERS OFFER LOOKUPS. Do you think you might have an ancestor who served in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)? Would you like to know whether your ancestor is listed with the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) in its “Patriot Index”? A helpful group of NSDAR VIS Volunteers monitor the [...]
Posted in Genealogy Research Tips on Dec 21st, 2005
by Ted Pack tedpack@thevision.net http://www.tedpack.org/
This will be new and exciting to some of you. Others of you will wonder what I’ll do next — explain how to “dial” a telephone by pushing the little buttons?
You can sometimes use a general search engine for genealogy. My favorite is Google, http://www.google.com/ but there are others — AltaVista, [...]
Posted in Genealogy Research Tips on Dec 21st, 2005
By Maryellen Horrigan
I received my first digital camera in 1998 — 1,000 pixels, very cutting edge! It delivers a superb 6×4 picture, a really nice 5×7, and a lovely soft 8×10 landscape. The 8×10 is too blurry for a people shot. But perfect for text.
My best library for genealogy research is downtown. Parking is expensive [...]
Posted in Genealogy Research Tips on Dec 20th, 2005
Did you know that identify theft is less likely to happen online than through traditional means, like losing your wallet or having your purse stolen? Moreover, the identity thief is more likely to be one of your relatives than a stranger?
According to some statistics compiled by the 2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report, released recently by [...]
Posted in Genealogy Research Tips on Dec 17th, 2005
Searching for those elusive West Virginia ancestors may now be just a mouse click away.
You can now search and view scanned images of original birth, death, and marriage records from six counties, as well as most statewide death certificates from 1917-54 at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ The free database consists of millions of West Virginia births, deaths, [...]
