Ambassador’s Corner – Lisa Alzo
Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A. https://www.lisaalzo.com I began researching my roots in 1991. I wish I could say that some family experience, medical reason, or curiosity inspired me to search for my Slovak ancestors, but to tell the truth I became a genealogist quite by...
The Next Gen: Where are they?!
Now, with myself being a genealogist of the next gen I felt pretty alone not being able to find many people my own age interested in genealogy. Now what you might be surprised to know that there are way more interacting with the community just probably not in the most...
Tuesday Tips #31: Rebuilding Your Tree From Scratch
Since 2012, I've been building a family tree on Ancestry. I make sure to keep a back-up of the GEDCOM, having it uploaded to multiple places like FindMyPast and Roots Magic, and stored on my computer and in the cloud. However, something I didn't consider until...
What can be found on a… Irish marriage record
Welcome to the second part of "What can be found on a..." - the series where we present a record and show you how much information can be obtained from it. Let's jump into it! Image: John Loftus and Ellen Noone marriage certificate married March 1911, district,...
Review of Janet Few’s ‘Sins As Red As Scarlet’
When you first enter the genealogy community, one of the first personalities you will most likely encounter is Dr Janet Few. Ever-present in the social-media community with interesting blog-posts, speeches and presentations, Janet's passion for all things historical...
Funerals as Family Reunions
The majority of the time that I have seen family members over the past few years has not been under the best of circumstances. We have had 8 funerals in the past 6 years. Even though I was not able to attend every funeral, when I did, it created an interesting...
Ambassador’s Corner – John Boeren
My interest in family history started more than 40 years ago. As a child I would read books about royal families. For example the Dutch Orange-Nassau family, the English Tudors, the French Bourbons and the Habsburg family in Spain and Austria. I collected names and...
Voices of Genealogy – Natalie Pithers
Hello there, welcome to the 2nd edition of Voices of Genealogy. This is the 9th interview of the Voices of Genealogy series. This season we are expanding past professional genealogists and showcasings some other careers within genealogy and also some...
Tuesday Tips #30: Libraries and Genealogy
There are many resources and tools that are used for genealogy research. One that some newer genealogists may not be aware of could be just around the corner. Many local libraries across many countries have an archive or record collection of different sources from the...