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Jennifer Holik

3 Steps to Creating a Youth Genealogy Workshop

Jennifer Holik | May 16, 2013

There are many ways to engage today's youth in genealogy. Providing a kids workshop through your society or library is an interactive way to introduce family history to children. Read More

Lisa Alzo

The Three R's of Researching Roman Catholic Church Records

Lisa Alzo | May 14, 2013

Roman Catholic records offer a wealth of information for genealogists. They are particularly useful when official civil records of key life events (birth, marriage or death) are unattainable or unavailable. Read More

Sunny McClellan Morton

Interviewing the Reluctant Relative

Sunny McClellan Morton | May 2, 2013

We often begin our family history research by asking living relatives what they know. Often they share memories and stories... Read More

Gena P. Ortega

Finding Genealogy in Library Catalogs

Gena P. Ortega | Apr 22, 2013

When I was a teenager working at our city library, the only way to search the library's collections was by... Read More

Thomas MacEntee

Evernote: Your Virtual Genealogy Assistant

Thomas MacEntee | Apr 19, 2013

Evernote is a genealogy researcher's best friend and one of the best tools you can use to capture almost anything.... Read More

Stephanie Pitcher Fishman

Not Just Lines on a Page: Family Trees to Display and Share

Stephanie Pitcher Fishman | Apr 16, 2013

Genealogists love to share their research. Parents and grandparents love to share their children's works of art (even if that... Read More

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