Ancestry Research Trips Archives - Climb Your Family Tree https://climbyourfamilytree.com/category/ancestor-search-tips/ancestry-research-trips/ Find Your Ancestors, Discover Yourself Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:02:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://climbyourfamilytree.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-CYFT-Icon-32x32.png Ancestry Research Trips Archives - Climb Your Family Tree https://climbyourfamilytree.com/category/ancestor-search-tips/ancestry-research-trips/ 32 32 Genealogy Prompt 11: Take an Ancestry Tour https://climbyourfamilytree.com/ancestry-tour/ https://climbyourfamilytree.com/ancestry-tour/#respond Wed, 16 Feb 2022 13:00:27 +0000 https://climbyourfamilytree.com/?p=730 Sometimes visiting your ancestors’ hometowns isn’t enough to satisfy your curiosity. If you’re looking for more information than what you’ve uncovered on your own, consider taking an organized ancestry tour. What are these? Let’s explore ancestry tours and some of the options available to you. What is an Ancestry Tour? An ancestry tour is any ... Read more

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]]> https://climbyourfamilytree.com/ancestry-tour/feed/ 0 Genealogy Prompt 10: Visit a Cemetery https://climbyourfamilytree.com/visit-a-cemetery/ https://climbyourfamilytree.com/visit-a-cemetery/#respond Wed, 09 Feb 2022 13:00:43 +0000 https://climbyourfamilytree.com/?p=727 Previously we talked about taking family history day trips, and how they can be good family-friendly events. But what if you’re still looking for ideas? Here’s a simple one you can do no matter where you live: visit a cemetery. Why visit a cemetery? Here are two good reasons, whether or not your ancestors are ... Read more

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]]> https://climbyourfamilytree.com/visit-a-cemetery/feed/ 0 Quick Tip: What to do if Your Family Tree Becomes Unmanageable https://climbyourfamilytree.com/quick-tip-what-to-do-if-your-family-tree-becomes-unmanageable/ https://climbyourfamilytree.com/quick-tip-what-to-do-if-your-family-tree-becomes-unmanageable/#comments Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:30:03 +0000 http://climbyourfamilytree.com/?p=192 Not long ago I showed someone my family tree. It’s a pretty decent size at around 2000 people, although I’m sure some of you have far bigger ones. This person asked me a very good question. They wanted to know how I could find anything in there. It just looked like one big jumbled mess ... Read more

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Learn about my discovery in 2011 of being a dual US-German citizen, my 3-year journey into getting proof of German citizenship, and later getting my German passport. Then explore the 13 years of comments with readers sharing their own journeys through this process of dual German citizenship (in the US and elsewhere), and get their tips on figuring out if you’re eligible for a German passport and working with German consulates and missions to help you through the process.

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