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FamilySearch’s Free Online Research Courses
FamilySearch.org, the free online genealogy service, has a staggering library of free online genealogy courses. The…
The benefits of using FamilySearch’s individual databases
It almost goes without saying that FamilySearch has a veritable cornucopia of free resources for genealogists…
Tobias Roane: The Dark Side of Emancipation
As I mentioned in my previous post George Henry Roane: the new Freedmen’s Bureau databases on FamilySearch…
Clash of the titans: Ancestry.com vs FamilySearch.org. And the winner is…?
Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org are both great online family history services. The main difference, of course, is…
Throwing the gates open: marriages between the Roane & Holmes families
Following on from the previous post, here’s an example of the frequency of marriages between the…
Throwing the gates open: Doing a broad family name search on ancestry websites
Most of my family research activity is quite specific. I tend to spend a great deal…
Getting started with Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
I use two online genealogy services: Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. Each has its strengths and weaknesses. I…