Category: Family Tree

Starting a family tree can be a rewarding project, but where do you begin?  A lot of people think you can just dive in, put a lot of names on a tree and like magic you have a complete family tree. Unfortunately, genealogy is not that simple. There are countless hours involved, weeding through endless…

Like any project you start, you don’t start out knowing how to do genealogy. There is learning and research, trial and error. But if you are a beginner and want to know how to start your family tree, there are a lot of ways available to learn how to do genealogy. Free Genealogy Learning Learning…

If your family is like mine, it’s a hodgepodge of biological family with friends that you consider a part your family. I have a few friends that I am closer to than some of my own blood relatives and often tell them that they were they best family I could have ever handpicked. Unfortunately, even…

Source citation for genealogy When I started my family tree, I was young and naive. I hated source citation for genealogy . Why should I sit here and cite every source I enter into my family tree? It’s boring and it takes up so much time. I quickly learned why it was important. One morning,…

Every family tree seems to have that elusive ancestor that just doesn’t want to be found. My family tree has several. On my mother’s side of the family, I have had a wealth of information handed down to me. Photos, previous family trees (some not so correct), books about famous family members, and even a…

While trying to figure out what I wanted to write about today, I was playing a game with my toddler grandson. I pointed at him and said, “Who are you?”. He answered me and I then asked “Well, who am I?”. I followed with each member of our household, some by pointing at the actual…

When I started using the internet to search my family history, one of the questions I kept finding myself asking was, are there any good free genealogy websites? My family was young, we lived paycheck to paycheck, and something like a subscription to a website was not affordable to us.   By trying to keep…

Understanding cousin relationships can be difficult. If you have ever wondered “what is my cousin’s child to my child?” or heard someone say something like “He is my 2rd cousin once removed” it can be confusing. What does it mean? How can a cousin be removed? I am hoping to make it a bit easier…