If you are researching your family tree online or have a lot of documents you need to keep organized, a good genealogy software is essential. However, not everyone can afford to pay top dollar for software, especially if you are researching your family history as a hobby. There are some great free genealogy software downloads…
Genealogy Software for Beginners
I started researching my family history long before I purchased my first computer. My research was old school in notebooks and on every scrap of paper I could find. When I got my first computer, I was elated to find it came with a genealogy software bundle, but soon found it bulky and difficult to…
Are cousins immediate family?
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…
Holiday Family Treasured Recipes
It seems that every family has their own set of favorite recipes. These recipes end up in our weekly meal plans and on our dinner tables often. Then you have the holiday family treasured recipes that are those special dishes you only see once a year or on special occasions. My sister and I were…
Why are Birth Certificates Important?
We all know how much you need your birth certificate. If you have ever needed to apply for anything such as a Social Security, a Passport, or even to sign up for school, you have needed your birth certificate to prove who you are. Birth certificates are also important to genealogist. With a birth certificate,…
Discovering your roots through DNA
Genealogical DNA Test Kits. I have known about them for a long time and swore on multiple occasions that I was going to purchase one, but somehow it always got put on the back burner. I could find 100 other uses for that money other than spending it on a DNA kit. I talked myself…
7 Christmas gifts for genealogy buffs
Every year, the closer we get to Christmas, I am asked “What do you want for Christmas?”. No one ever seems to know what to buy for me, and I tend to answer with “I will be happy with whatever you would like to get for me”. I can never seem to think of anything…
5 reasons you should cite your genealogy sources
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,…
The Remember Tree
I love this time of year. Leaves are falling, temperatures are dropping, and Halloween is fast approaching. Halloween has long been a favorite holiday in my family. For my kids, it was all about dressing up and getting candy. For my husband, it was about sneaking candy when the kids weren’t looking, and my mom…
How to make a Family Tree Mural
It has been my dream for years to have enough wall space to make a giant family tree. I have painted a family tree before however it was small scale, and I want to go massive. Even though I currently do not have space for my huge tree, I have been searching for the right…