Category Archives: Family Research

Advancing Your Reach: Finding Free Digitized Newspapers

Posted on January 3, 2022 by debbiemieszala

I trust you are (perhaps gingerly) settling into 2022, with high hopes, fresh goals, and a plan to advance your personal research. Newspapers contain valuable information for genealogists. Good subscription newspaper databases exist, but you are missing sources if you … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Research, Newspapers, Online Resources | Tagged D. H. McBride & Co, Elephind, J. W. Penfield & Son, Newspaper research | 7 Comments

Free Daily Webinars in April!

Posted on April 1, 2020 by debbiemieszala

Would you like some good news?

Posted in DNA, Education, Family Research, Methodology | Tagged Webinars | Leave a comment

Free (limited time) Webinar Recording: “The Five-story Fall”

Posted on March 23, 2019 by debbiemieszala

I had great fun presenting a Board for Certification of Genealogists series webinar for Legacy Family Tree Webinars on Tuesday (March 19th).

Posted in Family Research, Methodology | Tagged Direct Evidence, England, Indirect Evidence, Irish, New York City | 4 Comments

FamilySearch Communities

Posted on May 20, 2018 by debbiemieszala

FamilySearch recently added a community feature, and it is free! The community area offers forums in which to ask or to answer questions, to upload documents for translation assistance, and to find links to related resources, such as foreign word … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family Research, FamilySearch | Tagged Collaboration, FamilySearch | Leave a comment

Records of the Skies: Obtaining Airplane Records

Posted on December 28, 2017 by debbiemieszala

My last post featured tracing a former “family” airplane to its modern owner in order to share photographs and information. Tracing a family artifact, no matter the size, helps to flesh out fragmented stories, produces facts to weave into a … Continue reading →