Genealogy Tip of the Day

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I currently maintain the following genealogy blogs: Rootdig.com --my genealogy research blog Genealogy Tip of the Day --one genealogy h...

If you've located an entry in local marriage records that a license was issued for your ancestor, have you determined if the license wa...

Some documents clearly state who was the informant. Many though do not provide this information. When considering the accuracy of informatio...

If you see a straight line over a letter in an original document, consider the possibility that it could be shorthand to indicate that the l...

We still have openings in our webinars next week. Topics are: War of 1812 Pensions at Fold3.com-these are free on their site. Using Coloni...

When using a record set with which you are not familiar, think about how someone gets into the record, how the  information in the record is...

Reading the German language records was difficult and I almost didn't bother obtaining copies of the baptismal entries for the siblings ...

I'm a member of subscription sites that allow me to create links to images on their sites that requires me to have a subscription to acc...

Many men who served in the United States Civil War did not enlist in the state where they resided. For a variety of reasons a man may have e...

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While there are many tips that are helpful, I think that "looking at your assumptions" is the best one. Genealogists have to assum...

Memorial Day 20% Sale If you missed our 20% off sale, it's back on for Memorial Day and before the old inventory is physically remove...

Years ago, I used a series of records. I didn't find my relatives in them and made some incorrect conclusions about how the records were...

I discovered today that an ancestor of mine died when he had barely been married five years, leaving behind a wife and three children. This ...

The middle entry on this page of 1838 baptisms from Aurich, Germany contains the entry for my ancestor. The fourth column contains the na...

If you are planning a research trip to any facility, confirm their hours of operation during your time in the locality. Genealogical and his...

Years ago researchers were told that there was an 1862 burial for a John H. Johnson in a cemetery near where their ancestor with that name l...

We are excited to offer a series of new webinars in June 2015. Registration is limited and early registration is encouraged to save your sp...

Newspaper items mentioning your ancestor may appear a distance from where he lived, particularly if the event is somehow newsworthy. Thi...

If your ancestor had a first, middle, and last name, keep in mind that it is possible that those names could be in the wrong order in a reco...

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In pre-1880 United States census records, the relationship of each person to the head of household is not given. Do not assume that the cens...

A Facebook fan of Genealogy Tip of the Day asked whether beyond reasonable doubt  is the level genealogists want to reach. Here's my sho...

It's hard to boil down genealogical "proof" into one short tip of the day, but one document by itself is usually not considere...

The site that hosts my webinars has told me that I need to remove some because I have maxed out my space. Increasing my space means increasi...

Indexes are generally only used to get the researcher to the record that was used to create the index. A recent posting to Rootdig.com   mak...

Genealogists use digital scans of out of copyright books all the time. If the scan you have located online has pages or areas that are diffi...

We've put four webinars on our upcoming schedule: Using the ELCA records at Ancestry.com FamilySearch  search techniques Court Re...

This is a bare-bones chart I have made in my attempt to learn as much as I can about my Benjamin Butler who was born about 1819 in New York...

Hasty research increases the chance that incorrect conclusions are made and that we include records for our "person of interest" w...

click on photo to see larger image Do you include some of your analysis as a part of the digital image you make from pictures? We've...

For the next 24 hours, I'm giving away my "Final" Brick Wall from A to Z webinar for free--just hit "check out with PayPa...

Not all couples who took out a marriage license were actually married? Make certain the marriage license was returned or that there is some ...

Periodically I send out updates on old blog posts, upcoming genealogical events, and a summary of what's been going on with my other blo...