Obits found – Ida Jane Noel 03 Oct 1909, Gettysburg, Penn
Finding one obit in an old newspaper can lead to many more in the same newspaper. It can also lead one to another newspaper from the same town. I was working on a… Continue reading
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List of People on a Tree – (Agostina Bolena Family Tree)
Many times when I am writing about my Ancestry dot com family trees, I mention the list of people on the tree. Some of you may not be familiar with the list of… Continue reading
How to share your Ancestry tree
If you have a family tree on Ancestry dot com, you can share it with a relative, to let them look at it or even work on it. You can share your tree,… Continue reading
HOW TO CREATE A CUSTOM FACT/EVENT 2
On this post you will learn how to create a “custom fact/event” for the profile page. A “Custom Fact/Event” is needed when you have the following problem: A source appears on the profile… Continue reading
How To work around a problem – Duplicate People on Tree
Problem: I get two images of the same person on my tree. Query: How do I fix this? This problem and query was posted on a FaceBook group page and Eva had some… Continue reading
How To create and use Custom Fact/Event
Have you ever wondered why some records on Ancestry dot com, come into a profile page but do not point to any fact? (To see a SHORT VERSION of this “How To” go… Continue reading
How to fix marriage certificate input
Have you noticed that sometimes when you bring in a marriage certificate on to the Ancestry dot com profile page, not all the information gets put onto the page? The problem occurs when… Continue reading
How To – make a correction on index page
What to do when you see an error on the index page of an Ancestry dot com record. I was working on the Linda Schrock Family tree and noticed that the mother’s name… Continue reading
1930 questions for Salter family
I was playing around with the 1930 census for Noralee and I created more questions. In 1930 Noralee, age 4, lives with her mother (Theresa) and they live at the home of Theresa’s… Continue reading
Home Person on Ancestry dot com Family Tree
I am working on a tree for a dear friend and we changed editors on the tree, so I wanted to tell her that since she was the new editor I had also… Continue reading
Annie Charest – Maine
Charest Family Tree In the Enhanced News Archive blog, I’ve featured family trees that were created to hold an obit, that I found in an old newspaper. Usually when I find one item… Continue reading
How To type in a search command
A FaceBook user asked me if one can do a search on the Google News Archive Collection. I put together two screen prints for demo. and wrote the following “How To”. Once you… Continue reading
Create a Cover for your book
Here is a blog post that has some very good tips. I hope my readers enjoy it. http://blog.devonnoellee.com/2017/07/5-steps-to-creating-cover-for-your-self.html I reviewed her blog page and found some more posts which might be of interest… Continue reading
Margot Note – Write your life story
Many years ago, I wrote a text book and taught a course on “How to Write your Life’s Story”. This web site blog that I found has the same focus, helping you write… Continue reading
Add a box around an item
A How To Post. I was asked how I put boxes around the newspaper items I feature in the Family Trees, so I created this short “How To”. I am using a simple… Continue reading