Great Genealogy

Here is an easy way to highlight important areas of a document image. Just like using a highlighter pen on a paper document, this method wil...

Genealogists photograph tombstones to document the birth, death and burial information of their ancestors. This post will give you some...

In April, I ordered a DNA test kit from AncestryDNA . The kit arrived in just a few days and was simple to complete and return. The proc...

Digital Cameras Digital cameras are a basic tool for family historians. Those pictures of family members, their homes, tombstones, etc. ...

Find A Grave is an easy to use online tool for finding the burial places of family, friends, and"'famous" people. With ove...

If one or more of your ancestors lived in, or owned property in, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colora...

It is widely reported that my 3rd great-grandfather, Peter Vickers, was baptized 13 June 1788 at Bunbury, Cheshire, England. He was the so...