Genealogy can be fun and educational | Learn how to use old newspapers to build a family tree | Enhanced Google News Archive List |
Small items in newspapers can provide the crucial clues you need to build a tree or a branch on your tree. The following small item from the 1913 Ludington, Michigan newspaper gave me two names (clues) and I was able to build a tree and populate it with 38 people and still have 225 hints... Continue Reading →
Don’t forget to include all your relatives on your tree, even the unmarried ones. I saw an obituary for a Miss Romelia Beebe, age 93 in a 1963 Google News Archive newspaper collection. Upon closer inspection I noticed that they had the date wrong on their collection title. The actual date of the newspaper is... Continue Reading →
On the following blog, Diane has a list of blogs she follows. You might want to take a look at them. http://www.michiganfamilytrails.com/p/blog-page_4.html Blogs I Follow Reading the work of other bloggers is not only enjoyable, it's also educational. I take time 2-3 times a week to read what other bloggers are writing about. I always... Continue Reading →
I am working on a table of resources for our Clarkston Area Genealogical Society Group and I thought I would post it on this blog so that others could use the information and perhaps add to the table of resources. I found many web sites but I only picked the ones which are free. I... Continue Reading →
I was helping my sister with her house moving work; carrying boxes to garage, emptying cabinets for movers to take... etc. and she showed me a Family Tree book she had stored in one of the many "safe" places one has around the house. I asked her if I could take the book home with... Continue Reading →
When you are building your family tree, look at people’s middle names for clues. I am working on a tree that has a son by the name Arthur Rial Childs 1852-1935. I started the tree with one small 1875 obituary which had the woman’s name Mrs. Elathere Niles age 96. I found that name... Continue Reading →
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