Family Tree Magazine July/August 2024 Digital Edition

What's Inside!

Highlights from this issue include:

• The 101 Best Genealogy Websites of 2024, sorted into helpful categories
• Detailed guides to searching Ancestry.com for genealogy records
• Tips for using early US censuses, infamous for their scant level of detail
• State-by-state listings of top US genealogy websites
• A FREE Italian Genealogy Cheat Sheet

Contents

Where We're Going: By David A. Fryxell. Roads? We don’t need roads! Head “back to the future” of genealogy with our annual list of the 101 Best Websites.

Ancestry 101: By Gena Philibert-Ortega. Get back to the basics of searching genealogy records at Ancestry.com.

On Exhibit: By Denise May Levenick. Your heirloom displays don’t need to be museum-quality. These expert tips will help you display them safely in your home.

Don't Touch That Dial: By Sunny Jane Morton. Kick back this summer with these 12 binge-worthy genealogy TV shows.

Come to Your Census: By Lindsey Harner. Pre-1850 US censuses may not name every member of a household. But you can still use them to trace your ancestors—here’s how.

Plus!

• Research Guides: Washington, DC and Wisconsin
• Stories to Tell
• Tech News
• Lisa’s Picks
• Source Spotlight: School Records
• Website Tutorial: Reclaim the Records
• Resource Roundup: Tools for Organizing and Analyzing Records
• Photo Detective
• Family History Home: Saving Board Games and Playing Cards
• Now What
• DNA Q&A: Which Y-DNA Test is Best?
• Your Turn: Heirloom Inventory Form

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