Archives for Diane Haddad
5 Ways to Celebrate Grandparents Day This Sunday
This Sunday, Sept. 7, is National Grandparents Day in the United States. Do something to honor your grandparents—and if you are a grandparent, to honor your bond with your grandchildren. My two rugrats with my grandma, their great-grandma. Here are a few National Grandparents Day...
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12 Tips to Have an Awesome Family Tree University Virtual Conference
Attending Family Tree University's Virtual Conference? Here are 12 tips to make sure you have an awesome time!
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Four Pointers to Preserve Your Family Heirlooms in a Disaster
As a natural worrier, I do my share of worst-case-scenario thinking—natural disasters, economic ruin, environmental destruction, etc. Uplifting, I know. But the good thing about National Preparedness Month, which happens each September in the United States, is the abundance of information about how to minimize harm to...
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Time-Saving Genealogy Tips: How I Keep My Research Log
I'm on a pause in my genealogy research. Aside from the usual running after the kiddos, trying to keep up at work, and summertime family events, we're packing up and moving our house. One thing I've been doing that I hope will help me pick up my research after...
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Expert Q&A: Tracing Your Colonial and Early American Ancestors
Were your ancestors in America to witness the signing of the Declaration of Independence or the first shots of the American Revolution—or even before then? Here are some tips and resources for researching your colonial and early American ancestors.
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Genealogy Brick Wall Busters: 10 Places to Find Your Ancestor’s Family, Friends and Neighbors
Our ancestors tended to move with and marry into particular groups of people, and tracing those "clusters" is a key strategy to break through genealogy brick walls.
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Citing Genealogy Sources for Regular People
Source citation is something of a hot button in genealogy. It's easy to become petrified you won't do it right, or to imagine that citing sources will take up all your precious research time. That's why I love the idea of our Source Citations for Regular People webinar with Shannon...
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Six Classic Genealogy Brick Wall-Busting Tips
You probably have at least one unanswered genealogy question, an ancestor who's really difficult to trace, or a family with gaps in their timeline. These classic brick wall-busting tips come from our upcoming Conquer Your Research Challenges: Solutions and Advice to Overcome Your Genealogy Problems one-week workshop: Consult genealogy...
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Packing List for Genealogy Research Trips
Genealogy travel requires a specific packing list, but you should be careful not to bring too much! Here are things I've found useful to bring (or not bring) when attending conferences and going to libraries over the years.
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Polish Genealogy Research Challenges and Tips
If you have Polish ancestors, the country's historical partitions and border changes have probably presented some genealogy research challenges. Here's an example of why: If your ancestors lived in eastern Poland, records from 1868 to 1917 will be in Russian. Records from 1808 to 1868 generally should be in...
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