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
Once you download the July/August 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.
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
Once you download the July/August 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.