Surnames: Peter Herrick or Petrus Heurich?
For some time, while doing research to create my family tree, I had a very hard time figuring out what my ancestors’ last names were originally. In a couple specific cases, I was wondering...
Discovering Names
What does your name mean, where does it come from, how else could you spell it? They are questions I have been trying to ask some of my long deceased ancestors. They generally don’t...
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- 2 Tricks to Find Free Old Photos at LOC.gov (Also: Ancestors' Silly Cat Photos) August 8, 2017Sometimes you just need a cheerful cat photo. So because today is National Happiness Happens Day, and because at least one place says it’s International Cat Day (other sources give that honor to Oct, 29), here are some cute vintage cat photos I came across in the Library of Congress online collection of digitized photos, […]Diane
- MyHeritage Acquires Millennia Corp. and its Legacy Family Tree Software August 4, 2017Israel-based genealogy website MyHeritage announced late yesterday that it has purchased Millennia Corp., developer of Legacy Family Tree software and the Legacy webinars program. "The acquisition will introduce MyHeritage users to Legacy’s valuable genealogical webinars, and will also provide Legacy’s hundreds of thousands of users with improved resources and access to new services," say spokespeople […]Diane
- New Resource for African-American Genealogy: IAAM Center for Family History July 25, 2017The International African American Museum (IAAM), opening in early 2020 in Charleston, SC, will include a Center for Family History dedicated to helping researchers trace African-Americans in their family trees. It sounds like a long time to wait, but the center's website is already available, with a growing collection of obituary, funeral and marriage records, […]Diane
- Five Ways to Have the Best-Ever Virtual Genealogy Conference! July 18, 2017Can you believe how fast summer is sailing by? Which means the Family Tree University Virtual Genealogy Conference is right around the corner, Sept. 13 to 15. This online event has the excitement and shared knowledge of a genealogy conference, without the expense and difficulty of travel and being away from family and work. Or […]Diane
- How I Created a Genealogy Timeline To Show My Grandfather's Life July 11, 2017My grandfather Joe moved around a lot during his lifetime: Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, back to Texas, elsewhere in Texas, Ohio, more places in Texas, various Ohio cities, South Dakota, Ohio again. Timelines organize an ancestor's or a family's family tree data—dates, places of residence, jobs, historical events, children's births—in an orderly fashion. I […]Diane