The Getting Started with Genealogy Book at Genealogy How To .com

Who Do You Think You Are? begins Friday, March 5, 2010 at 8/7 Central on NBC.
Share a heartwarming journey through family history with Sarah Jessica Parker, Emmitt Smith, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Broderick, Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon and Spike Lee as they discover the stories of their ancestors.
Who Do You Think You Are? also shares ideas [...]

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There comes a time when your brick wall is truly a brick wall and you have exhausted all known methods of obtaining data on a particular person or family. Perhaps it is now time to turn to a professional for help.
First would be a need for someone in a U.S. town, county or state because [...]

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When one performs research for ancestors and the lives they lived in the past, it is worth consideration to include historical events and matters as they stood at a particular point in time. I will offer a few examples from my own efforts only to suggest a train of thought.
My father joined the Army in [...]

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If you have any connection with your ancestors to New England, I highly recommend you join the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS). The value of this organization can not be overstated. They are a gold mine to researchers!
Now, the NEHGS has created an alliance with Footnote.com. Footnote has a free search capability, but requires [...]

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It is proper in genealogical research to place the county with city and town locations. For example, “…he was born in Madisonville, Hopkins County, KY.” Why? Because over time county boundaries changed and while an ancestor may have changed his address, his actual location or home may have remained the same. As complete a description [...]

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Research Recommendations: Happy Thanksgiving, by Michael J. Leclerc of NEHGS
The holidays are upon us. Each year seems to fly by faster and faster, even though I know that 525,600 minutes have passed since last Thanksgiving, the same amount of time as it was between the 2007 and 2008 holidays.
Several years ago I had the opportunity to [...]

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The perfect holiday gift for someone generally hard to buy for might be a copy of the book Getting Started in Genealogy, or, How To Leave a Legacy and Have Fun Doing So.
These candidates might possess one or more of these characteristics:
• Seriously in need of a hobby;
• Has much of their life untold;
• Has children [...]

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