Author: Rick Crume

7 Websites for English and Welsh Civil Registration Records Premium

Search online for English and Welsh ancestors using birth, marriage and death records at these websites.

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Griffith’s Valuation: 6 Steps to Tracing Irish Ancestors

Follow these six steps to use Griffith's Valuation, a property tax survey carried out between 1848 and 1864.

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Using Google Books to Find Your Ancestors in Genealogy Books Premium

Has someone already written a local or family history book relevant to your genealogy? Use Google Books to find out.

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5 Quick Steps for Scanning Family Photos

You've been meaning to digitize all those family photos for years. Now's the time—just follow our five steps.

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Tutorial: Searching on Batch Numbers at FamilySearch.org Premium

FamilySearch.org keeps adding new record collections, but an old standby—the International Genealogical Index (IGI)—remains one of the site's most useful resources.

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Using Archival Portals To Locate Manuscripts

Start your manuscript hunt by using these key online archival portals to check for manuscripts in Canada, Great Britain and the United States.

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Quick Guide: Picasa vs. Windows Live Photo Gallery Premium

Two of the most popular photo editing and sharing programs out there, Google's Picasa and Microsoft's Windows Live Photo Gallery, are great tools for genealogists to organize digital images.

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Best New UK Online Genealogy Databases Premium

Have the London Olympics sparked your UK genealogy interest? You can take advantage of the many free and fee-based websites offering UK records. Start with our picks for the best new and expanded British record collections for English, Scottish and Welsh research.

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