07-25-2024

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Family Tree Magazine

General Genealogy

Genealogy Q&A: How to Refer to Aunts and Uncles: Grand, Not Great

Great-uncle, or grand-uncle? Here’s one perspective on the avuncular controversy.

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Learning Tracks: The path to meeting your research goals!

The Genealogy Websites Learning Track equips you with the skills to navigate the vast online resources available to genealogists today.

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Strategies

What Is a Second Cousin? Understanding Cousin Relationship Terms

What is a second cousin? What does removed mean? We’ll explain the steps to calculating cousinhood!

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Calling all family sleuths!

Our popular ebooks, “Beginner’s Guide to Genealogy” and “Genealogist’s Guide to Getting Organized,” are now available in high-quality print editions!

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Records

Common Kinship Terms Found in Records

Kinship terms can become very important in analyzing the records that use them. In the Colonial Era, terms such as cousin and nephew had different meanings than in modern times. An “in-law” was usually a stepparent, a “cousin” could be a nephew, and a “nephew” could be a grandchild. Listed below are some of the terms used in American society to identify collateral relatives.

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Podcasts

How Witness Records Can Guide Your Genealogy Research – An Interview with Robyn Smith

In this podcast, Robyn Smith tells us how you can use witness records to guide your genealogy research. Plus: learn what to do with photo negatives and how to use WikiTree.

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