Digital Cheat Sheets

Learn about your ancestors and their communities using historical newspapers. Newspapers were the “social media” of their day, and it’s easier to search for them than ever before. With this cheat sheet, you’ll learn how and where...

Take your research into the field! This eight-page cheat sheet download will give you a crash-course lesson in how to research your ancestors in cemeteries, with key do’s and don’ts for working with tombstones. In this handy, printable guide,...

Frustrated by your search for English ancestors? Keep calm and carry on with this detailed English genealogy guide that will help you research more effectively and efficiently. This at-a-glance fact sheet provides the basics of English genealogy,...

Records can reveal a wealth of family history details. They help you trace your family's migrations, discover exactly where they lived, document relative relationships, distinguish same-named individuals and more. But researching land records...

Digitize your research with RootsMagic! Genealogy software programs have long been among the most powerful tools in a genealogist’s arsenal, and RootsMagic (with its robust family tree and citation functions, plus its partnerships with Ancestry.com...

Researchers of African American family trees face extra challenges in finding old records about their ancestors, particularly during the era of slavery. Keep our quick-reference African American Genealogy Cheat Sheet handy as you research your Black...

Find your ancestors on the web’s largest free genealogy website! FamilySearch.org has published billions of records from across the world, and this guide is your gateway to discovering your family. With this eight-page cheat sheet download,...

Trace your Polish ancestors back to the old country! This eight-page Polish Genealogy Cheat Sheet is designed to quickly deliver the information you need to understand the records of your Polish ancestors, with quick guides to the most important...

With all the forms, checklists, records, family tree documents, and resources you use and find during research, organizing your genealogy can be difficult. This handy eight-page cheat sheet will give you the tools you need to organize...

Your ancestors' newspaper obituaries, death notices and other death announcements can be full of rich genealogical information, such as birth dates and places, death dates and places, relatives' names and relationships, funeral and...

American Indian ancestry is notoriously difficult to trace, yet many genealogists have stories of Native Americans in their family trees. This eight-page cheat sheet helps you investigate those family legends and discover your Native American...

An important genealogy research goal is to link your immigrant ancestor in the United States to your family's ancestral homeland overseas. But discovering this part of your ancestry can be challenging.Our eight-page cheat sheet helps you find the old...

Genetic genealogy has become a family history necessity. Not because it can solve all of your brick wall problems—it can’t. Not because it acts as a quick substitute for traditional research—it doesn’t. But because it is an incredible tool when used in...

Whether you're just starting your search for Irish ancestry or you're a longtime Irish genealogist, you'll want to keep this at-a-glance research guide handy. The Irish Genealogy Cheat Sheet compiles critical facts, tips and resources into a...

Researching Italian ancestors? You'll want to keep this at-a-glance genealogy reference close at hand. The eight-page Italian Genealogy Cheat Sheet is designed to quickly deliver the information you need to understand the records of your Italian...

“There’s nothing like the thrill of finding an old photo of your great-great-grandmother—or the frustration of not knowing whether that’s your great-great-grandmother or somebody else. This quick-reference guide helps you use clothing and other clues to...