Family Tree Magazine November/December 2024 Digital Edition

What's Inside!

Highlights from this issue include:

• Guides to writing your family history, featuring: easy steps to get started, tips for incorporating genealogical details and places into your writing, and a worksheet for organizing projects
• A tutorial for finding and using Sanborn maps, which are available for most communities in the United States
• Expert advice for using the free FamilySearch website to find genealogy records
• A roundup of genealogy software releases in 2024
• A FREE US Census Records Cheat Sheet

Contents

First Words: By Melina Papadopoulos. Start your next family history writing project with confidence! These four steps will walk you through putting pen to paper.

Falling into Place: By Laura Hedgecock. Tell the stories of not just people but also their communities with this guide to writing about places.

The Goldilocks Zone: By Rhonda Lauritzen. Find the "just-right" sweet spot of details to include when writing family stories.

Free for All: By Rick Crume. Discover record riches on FamilySearch with these tips.

Acadian Adventures: By Judy Nimer Muhn. Overcome hurdles in Acadian genealogy (including the Great Expulsion) with this guidance. Flus: tips for visiting your ancestral homeland.

Plus!

• Research Guides: Maryland and Oklahoma
• Stories to Tell
• Tech News
• Lisa’s Picks
• Source Spotlight: Sanborn Maps
• Website Tutorial: Library and Archives Canada
• Resource Roundup: Must-Have Genealogy Supplies
• Photo Detective
• Family History Home: Saving Political Buttons and Memorabilia
• Now What
• DNA Q&A: DNA and Privacy
• 2024 Article Index

Once you download the November/December 2024 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.