When researching your family history, you won’t just come across a handful of ancestors. You’ll find dozens, hundreds, and over time even thousands. With each ancestor comes a variety of information and records you’ll want to preserve. And to do that, you’ll want to set up a family history filing system. Let’s further explore this … Read more
In our last post in the new series of weekly genealogy prompts, I suggested beginning your family history research by reaching out to a relative. But what if you don’t have anyone to reach out to? Or what if you did, but they didn’t have much information to share? A good next step is browsing … Read more
Today I’m kicking off a new series of weekly genealogy prompts. These will include family history research prompts as well as genealogy writing prompts. Why Genealogy Prompts? Whether you’re new to researching your family history or an experienced genealogist, your next steps aren’t always clear. Sometimes this is because you’ve hit a brick wall and … Read more