By Lori Samuelson Years ago, as a beginner genealogist, I held many misplaced beliefs that wasted my time and valuable resources. Looking back, I wish I had known that these ideas were hindering my career as a family historian. Here are four genealogy mistakes that have limited my research over Read more…
By Marsha Peterson-Maass, author of Fundamentals of Genealogy®: The Most Helpful Tools You’ve Never Used If you’re new to genealogy, there’s no denying it, Cyndi’s List is an absolute must! Cyndi Ingle describes her free website as, “A categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet.” But I’m afraid Read more…
DNA testing for genealogy is more common than ever, but it can also be expensive. Although we’ve seen prices drop quite a bit in recent years the cost is still too much for many to justify. If you’ve been holding off on testing your own DNA, or on expanding your Read more…
By Alexandra Mendez-Diez The digital age has certainly made genealogical research a whole lot easier. Of course, even with today’s seamless access to troves of information there are still some resources out there that simply require a real, live visit to an archive or library. Maybe you are excited by Read more…
The National Library of Ireland has officially launched a new web-repository for its Catholic parish records — making this truly vital record collection available online for free for the first time in history. The parish register records are considered to be the single most important source of information on Irish Read more…
The first thing most family history researchers do when they encounter a genealogy website is to begin searching for their ancestors in the general (main) search form provided by the site – which is often located on the homepage or in another easily accessible area. All large genealogy research sites center Read more…
A few months ago we published our popular guide, 50 Free Genealogy Sites to Search Today, which has helped tens of thousands of family historians discover new family history resources. Since that time we have learned of many more free genealogy databases – including quite a few that our wonderful readers were Read more…
What’s a genealogy know-how score? It’s a number from 1 – 50 that you can apply to your level of ‘expertise’ as a family history researcher. The higher the score, the more knowledgeable you are on the subject. This quiz is designed to be fun, to give you a laugh and Read more…
To make it easy for you to take advantage of the many no-cost resources available on the web, we’ve recommended a good deal of free genealogy websites on Genealogy-Research. Many of the wonderful research sites we’ve shared were brought to our attention originally by readers who use them every day. Some are Read more…
Thank you to family history writer Tony Bandy for this helpful article. What if I could show you a free online family history resource with over 13 million digitized books, magazines and other types of materials? Would you be interested? What about a continually growing service with free access and downloads Read more…