Family Tree Magazine

Digging into Finding Aids:  The Road Map to Any Manuscript Collection Manuscript Collections are one the most underused records collections in the genealogy world. Understanding the Finding Aid...

The Sanborn Map Company published many detailed maps of cities and towns around the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. The maps can help you tell your ancestors' story, but only after you...

Reconstructing 19th Century African American Lives Are you an African American researcher struggling to locate ancestors from the 19th century? If so, this presentation is for you. With a focus on...

“Your family history is more than just names, dates, places, or footnotes. Learn how the literary techniques of creative nonfiction writing will help you produce a family history narrative your...

Understand the Basics of Using DNA with Genealogy DNA testing for genealogy may seem daunting, but once you understand the basics, it is a great tool. Understanding your ethnicity results from those...

Do you want your family history research to be more organized and efficient?   Join Nicole Dyer for this webinar, and you'll learn how to focus your research into a project that's organized and...

Colonial Research Strategies in the Southern US Are you stuck tracing your ancestors back in time to the 1850 census? You might not know how to find evidence of previous generations when no vital...

Discovering Enslavers in the Family Tree: Turning the Negative into Something Positive Have you found ancestors in your family tree who owned enslaved persons? This session will show how to deal with...

Who doesn't love traveling? It's an opportunity to visit sites of your ancestors and conduct great in-person genealogy research!  While on the road, the clock is always ticking. So how do...

Genealogy: A Month by Month Plan Webinar took place, January 18, 2022 In this webinar recording, you'll explore a series of monthly projects that aim to prioritize tasks, drive excitement, and set...

Ancestry’s ThruLines can be a powerful tool to help break your brick walls. Learn how to combine AncestryDNA’s ThruLines with your match lists and clusters to further your genealogy...

Become a Handwriting Expert in No Time Reading and understanding handwriting from years past is a key skill for genealogy research. It's guaranteed that you'll find documents with lettering that's...