Family Tree Magazine

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...

Grandma was a housewife? Well maybe, but there’s a chance she may have worked for pay or as a volunteer. Learn more about women’s occupations and volunteer work and how to trace what your...

If your family is like mine, your old stories may get a little more embellished with each retelling. Separate the grains of truth from legend, and you may find an even more compelling story you can...

Genealogy is all about finding your own ancestral story, and to that end, census records play an important role in our genealogical research. Effective use of these records will provide the building...

It seems in the 1850 U.S. Census that every other person in the Midwest was born in Pennsylvania. But where in Pennsylvania? This presentation will give you the best sources and methodologies to find...

Time and Place: Using Genealogy’s “Cross-Hairs” The more that beginning genealogists put themselves in the “time and place” of the ancestor for whom they are searching,...

Explore strategies and resources for tracing Jewish families in the U.S. and abroad, meet archival collections, and get help navigating challenges along the way. In this Webinar You'll...

For many, researching before 1870 is a hurdle in African American research. In this webinar, you'll learn about sources and strategies to trace back into the Antebellum Era. Webinar took place,...