Family Tree Magazine May/June 2025 Digital Edition
What's Inside!
Highlights from this issue include:
- A guide to researching family members who fought in World War II (and other military conflicts)
- Tips for using FamilySearch's innovative full-text search feature
- Steps for planning family reunions and translating records
- Advice from expert storytellers on conducting family interviews
- A FREE MyHeritage Cheat Sheet
Contents
Raising the Flag: By David A. Fryxell. Research your family members who fought in World War II using these five key records.
Full Force: By Andrew Koch. Dive into unindexed records with FamilySearch’s full-text search.
Found in Translation: By Rick Crume. Learn how online tools—from word lists to chatbots—can help you decipher foreign-language records.
Reunion Ready: By Lisa A. Alzo. Whether you’re planning for your first reunion or your 50th, these seven steps (plus a detailed checklist) will help.
Speaking Softly: By Rhonda Lauritzen. Navigate hard-to-talk-about subjects in family history interviews with these tips from journalists and other storytellers.
Plus!
- Research Guides: Kentucky and Puerto Rico
- Stories to Tell
- Tech News
- Lisa’s Picks
- Source Spotlight: Gazetteers
- Website Tutorial: Find a Grave
- Photo Detective
- Family History Home: Saving Photo Albums
- Now What
- From the Archive: Researching US Military Service
- DNA Q&A: Can AncestryDNA's Pro Tools help me with my DNA?
Once you download the May/June 2025 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:
- A guide to researching family members who fought in World War II (and other military conflicts)
- Tips for using FamilySearch's innovative full-text search feature
- Steps for planning family reunions and translating records
- Advice from expert storytellers on conducting family interviews
- A FREE MyHeritage Cheat Sheet
Contents
Raising the Flag: By David A. Fryxell. Research your family members who fought in World War II using these five key records.
Full Force: By Andrew Koch. Dive into unindexed records with FamilySearch’s full-text search.
Found in Translation: By Rick Crume. Learn how online tools—from word lists to chatbots—can help you decipher foreign-language records.
Reunion Ready: By Lisa A. Alzo. Whether you’re planning for your first reunion or your 50th, these seven steps (plus a detailed checklist) will help.
Speaking Softly: By Rhonda Lauritzen. Navigate hard-to-talk-about subjects in family history interviews with these tips from journalists and other storytellers.
Plus!
- Research Guides: Kentucky and Puerto Rico
- Stories to Tell
- Tech News
- Lisa’s Picks
- Source Spotlight: Gazetteers
- Website Tutorial: Find a Grave
- Photo Detective
- Family History Home: Saving Photo Albums
- Now What
- From the Archive: Researching US Military Service
- DNA Q&A: Can AncestryDNA's Pro Tools help me with my DNA?
Once you download the May/June 2025 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.