Family Tree Magazine January/February 2023 Digital Edition

What's Inside!

Highlights from this issue include:

• A guide to organizing your genealogy research in a day, including day-of productivity tips, sample projects, and worksheets
• The 12 best websites for finding African American ancestors
• Expert strategies for preserving keepsake kitchenware
• Power-user tips for using genealogy software and Ancestry.com
• A FREE Source Citations Cheat Sheet

Contents

All in a Day's Work: By Andrew Koch. If all you’ve got is a Saturday to organize your genealogy, make it count with these tips for a successful one-day organization project.

Witness Testimony: By Robin N. Smith. Take your research down new paths by studying the witnesses and bondsmen in the “background” of records.

History in Reverse: By Maureen A. Taylor. Learn how to care for and scan photo negatives—and why they deserve a place in your collection.

Black Roots Online: By Shamele Jordon. Tap into these 12 premier websites for finding African American ancestors.

Data Entry: By Rick Crume. Genealogy software programs are robust tools for building your family tree. Here’s how to best add key facts to them: names, dates and places.

Plus!

• Research Guides: Alabama and Oregon
• Stories to Tell
• Tech News
• Lisa’s Picks
• Source Spotlight: Military Draft Records
• Website Tutorial: Ancestry.com Card Catalog
• Resource Roundup: Genealogy Conferences to Attend (with 2023 Dates!)
• Photo Detective
• Family History Home: Preserving Heirloom Kitchenware
• Now What
• DNA Q&A: How Useful is mtDNA in my Family History?
• Your Turn: Source Reference List

Once you download the January/February 2023 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.