Family Tree Magazine March/April 2025 Digital Edition
What's Inside!
Highlights from this issue include:
- Comparisons of Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, and MyHeritage—including tips for finding records and using family trees at each
- Expert advice for finding female ancestors, including elusive maiden names
- Detailed guidance on finding Swedish and Irish roots
- A summary for finding and using divorce records
- A FREE Surnames Cheat Sheet
Contents
Three's Company: By Sunny Jane Morton. Which big genealogy website is the best for you? This comparison highlights the features—and billions of records—at Ancestry.com, FamilySearch and MyHeritage.
Question Marks: By the Editors of Family Tree Magazine. The US census asked different questions in different years. Learn what details it collected (and when) with this at-a-glance table.
How Swede It Is: By David A. Fryxell. Delve into your Swedish heritage with these five key records.
The Feminine Mystique: By Gena Philibert-Ortega. Rediscover the lives of the women in your family tree with this advice for overcoming brick walls in female ancestor research.
Plus!
- A Special Preview of RootsTech
- Research Guides: Louisiana and Washingotn State
- Stories to Tell
- Tech News
- Lisa’s Picks
- Source Spotlight: Divorce Records
- Website Tutorial: Goldie May
- Photo Detective
- Family History Home: Saving Newspaper Clippings
- Now What
- From the Archive: Searching Irish Ancestors in Griffith's Valuation
- DNA Q&A: Can Your Test Hair for DNA?
Once you download the March/April 2025 issue of Family Tree Magazine, you’ll need a PDF reader, such as the free Adobe Reader software, to open it. Adobe Reader is available for both Mac and Windows computers.
What's Inside!
Highlights from this issue include:
- Comparisons of Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, and MyHeritage—including tips for finding records and using family trees at each
- Expert advice for finding female ancestors, including elusive maiden names
- Detailed guidance on finding Swedish and Irish roots
- A summary for finding and using divorce records
- A FREE Surnames Cheat Sheet
Contents
Three's Company: By Sunny Jane Morton. Which big genealogy website is the best for you? This comparison highlights the features—and billions of records—at Ancestry.com, FamilySearch and MyHeritage.
Question Marks: By the Editors of Family Tree Magazine. The US census asked different questions in different years. Learn what details it collected (and when) with this at-a-glance table.
How Swede It Is: By David A. Fryxell. Delve into your Swedish heritage with these five key records.
The Feminine Mystique: By Gena Philibert-Ortega. Rediscover the lives of the women in your family tree with this advice for overcoming brick walls in female ancestor research.
Plus!
- A Special Preview of RootsTech
- Research Guides: Louisiana and Washingotn State
- Stories to Tell
- Tech News
- Lisa’s Picks
- Source Spotlight: Divorce Records
- Website Tutorial: Goldie May
- Photo Detective
- Family History Home: Saving Newspaper Clippings
- Now What
- From the Archive: Searching Irish Ancestors in Griffith's Valuation
- DNA Q&A: Can Your Test Hair for DNA?
Once you download the March/April 2025 issue of Family Tree Magazine, you’ll need a PDF reader, such as the free Adobe Reader software, to open it. Adobe Reader is available for both Mac and Windows computers.