Oregon List from 1850
Some times a good web page is available but only if you know about it. I came across this web site in a FaceBook closed group page and thought others would like to… Continue reading
Direct Ancestor – tags on trees
I posted the following on FaceBook and got many comments on the topic; both pro and con, so I thought I would share it with a different audience. For my genealogy friends –… Continue reading
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
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
Name Change of Town or Village
Have you ever come across a document that has your ancient relative living in “such and such” a town, but you cannot find the town in any other record? This is a familiar… Continue reading
Why does a source box come in but does not link to a Fact?
Have you ever wondered why some records on Ancestry dot com, come into a profile page but do not point to any fact when you click on them? When most Source boxes or… 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
GEDCOM from Ancestry dot com
Someone asked me how to create a GEDCOM file off of Ancestry dot com. They wanted to export their tree to some other platform and did not want to type everything over again.… Continue reading
Alta May Bullock Boals
The domino effect does not only happen in world history, as we saw in the call for acceleration in the Vietnam War. The allies, who had fought, side by side, in World War… Continue reading
Who is Sylvia Gard?
Who is Sylvia Gard? While helping Joe Cartwright with his tree, I came across this 1900 census page and saw a person not mentioned on any other family records. Sylvia Gard age 3… Continue reading
New York newspapers in Google News Archive collection plus one.
The above do not have links to the newspapers, it is just a sample. Open the pdf file shown below, to see the chart with links. New York 70 plus 1
Obituaries in different newspapers
Sometimes you will find an item in the newspaper for a relative and you found it by doing a search, which will pick up the person’s name in the newspaper or by reading… Continue reading
Media Gallery – Ancestry dot com
As my readers know from past blog posts, I encourage genealogist to continue looking for newspaper items, even when nothing comes up in a search. I have found many items about the particular… Continue reading