Basics of Genealogy
Below are our 11 articles in the basics of genealogy' category:
If you’ve successfully researched your own family tree, and maybe helped friends with theirs, you might begin having thoughts about becoming a...
In spite of all you may have been led to believe DNA doesn’t have all the answers about genealogy. You won’t be able to take a DNA test and come up...
The hit BBC television show 'Who Do You Think You Are?' made a lot of people think about family history and tracing their ancestry. But even before...
One thing you're going to learn very quickly is that genealogy isn't an exact science. It might seem straightforward enough - someone was born in a...
We think of making a family tree as looking into your family’s past, but that’s not strictly accurate. Family history is what you research...
Are genealogy reference books really useful? After all, there’s so much advice available online that books can sometimes seem obsolete. As many of...
In family history, as in life, the more organised you are, the smoother things will flow. The box file stuffed with notes will work, but soon you're...
Preparing to trace your family tree can be as simple or as complex as you want. If you want to be basic, all you need to gather in the way of...
The vast majority of professional genealogists have no academic qualification in the field. They might belong to different professional...
There's more to finding out about your family tree than simply jumping in and delving through old records. So before you go on the trail of that 1901...
Family history, looking into where were come from and tracing our family trees, has become incredibly popular. There have been several series of...
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