Winter Solstice: Our Ancestors’ Customs and Traditions

Winter Solstice: Our Ancestors’ Customs and Traditions

In honor of the winter solstice, we're spending some time learning about how our ancestors celebrated the shortest day of the year. Join us!

Webinar Recording - Disaster Planning for the Genealogist

If disaster strikes, are you ready with a plan to save your family keepsakes? None of us knows when the next fire, tornado, earthquake or flood may happen to us or our home. But we can prepare and plan ahead to save and preserve our genealogical records. Learn from an archivist how to come up with your own disaster plan and safeguard your family research records from destruction.

How to Use the David Rumsey Map Collection for Genealogy

The David Rumsey Map Collection boasts over 115,000 unique resources on its free online portal. In this video, Sunny Morton provides a walk-through of the tool.

Ultimate Genealogy Websites Guide E-book

Genealogists have no shortage of online resources available to them. In fact, a search for genealogy websites results in more than 600 million hits. Online records and key information about your ancestors have never been more available, but how can you know which genealogy websites are worthwhile and which you should pass on? This guide provides the answers and resources you need to maximize your research on the Internet, with comprehensive lists of genealogy websites that can provide clues for expanding your family tree. 

Premium: How to Find and Use Italian Civil Records for Genealogy

Civil records are essential to tracing Italian roots. Learn how to locate and use records throughout different eras to find your Italian ancestors.

From the Archive: Find German-Speaking Ancestors Outside Germany – An Interview with James Beidler

In this episode from the podcast archives, James Beidler offers practical tips for tracking down German-speaking ancestors who lived outside Germany. Plus: learn how to preserve special family treasures and navigate David Rumsey’s Map Collections Project, a priceless genealogical tool.