Genealogy Test: Are We All Related?
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 30, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp checking his theory that pretty much all early, northern New Englanders are related, using Lewiston, Maine, as a test... (Read More)
Tag: Family Trees
Discovering 300 Years of Emery Family History
By Thomas Jay Kemp on November 10, 2017
In this article, Thomas Jay Kemp searches old newspapers to learn more about his Emery ancestors, and discovers a published family history... (Read More)
Genealogy Tip: You Can Search GenealogyBank & Link Results Directly to Your Tree
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 12, 2016
An article explaining how you can search and link GenealogyBank’s recent obituaries directly into your online family tree on FamilySearch.org... (Read More)
Genealogy Tip for Researching Pilgrim John Howland’s Family History
By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 2, 2016
If you are researching Pilgrim John Howland’s family, use the Howland lineages printed in a NSSDP lineage book as a roadmap to fill in your family tree... (Read More)
Follow Every Genealogy Clue: It Might Surprise You!
By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 12, 2016
An article providing genealogy advice: when you have a genealogy record in front of you, track down every clue and see where it takes you... (Read More)
Best Family Tree Software & Websites to Share Your Genealogy
By Thomas Jay Kemp on July 9, 2014
If a genealogist falls in the forest—does she make a sound? What are you doing to ensure that your decades of family history research are preserved and passed down so that others can build on your expertise? For centuries genealogists relied on family tree charts that were carefully prepared on paper, a time-consuming and... (Read More)
6 Tips to Get Started Researching Your Family History
By GenealogyBank on February 28, 2014
Introduction: Sarah Brooks, from Freepeoplesearch.org, is a Houston-based freelance writer and blogger. Questions and comments can be sent to her at: brooks.sarah23@gmail.com. In this guest blog post, Sarah provides some basic tips on doing your own genealogy. Researching your family history can be both fun and gratifying. For some genealogists, this research is simply... (Read More)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: Brief Genealogy & Family Tree Download
By Scott Phillips on January 20, 2014
Introduction: Scott Phillips is a genealogical historian and owner of Onward To Our Past® genealogy services. In this guest blog post—in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—Scott searches old newspapers to find out more about Dr. King’s family history—and includes a free MLK family tree download. The year was 1968. If you lived... (Read More)
It’s OK to Plant Trees in Winter—Family Trees, That Is
By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 10, 2014
Let’s make 2014 the Year of the Tree: family trees. I encourage you to plant new family trees every month in this New Year. Like you, growing my family tree and documenting each person in it keeps me busy. More and more information is constantly going online for us to search and add to... (Read More)
