(FamilySearch Blog – May 5, 2016) For the family historian, few things are as precious as an old family photo. These photos can serve as a tangible link to the past. “Family photos are powerful,” said Maureen Taylor, in her presentation at the 2016 RootsTech conference. “Each one of your family photographs tells a story, …
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Find Clues to Women’s Lives in Obituaries
(GenealogyBank – April 16, 2016) Introduction: In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how newspaper obituaries can provide many details and further clues when researching your female ancestors. Researching female ancestors is hard – no doubt about it. Roadblocks like changing surnames due to marriage, and a lack of records about women in general, makes filling …
Hidden Gems on FamilySearch
(By Lisa Alzo, Internet Genealogy Magazine – March 24, 2016) If you frequent FamilySearch to search for your ancestors, you likely just go to the digitized collections, or maybe you scan the Family History Library Catalog to see what other information is available on microfilm. But did you know there may be some additional digitized …