Heartland Genealogy

Is organization one of your 2020 goals? If so, have you been following the tips in The Genealogy Guys Blog ? Today's post, ' Organiz...

Have you seen it? Ancestry recently released an improvement to their 'Member Search'. I played around with it a little yesterday,...

Do you use Ancestry.com in your genealogy research? If so, have you checked out one of their newest sources of shaky leaf hints: Newspapers...

Do you use Ancestry's Message Boards ? What about the mailing lists hosted by RootsWeb? Or, do you remember the forums on Genealogy.com?...

Have you seen DearMyrtle's challenge ? When I first saw the challenge, I thought I should be in pretty good shape. After all, I sca...

I just watched Blaine Bettinger's video, Sub-Clustering Shared Matches. As I was following the video, I was also trying to do this with ...

Do you ever look at someone else's tree? Do you trust other trees? Do the number of sources attached to the tree matter? Do you trust An...

Have you discovered all of the resources available on the FamilySearch website? If so, then you know how they can provide that little 'n...

Do you ever look at other trees on Ancestry? I know I do. I use them for hints. I also attach them as 'sources' so that I can get ba...

Have you been keeping track of your DNA statistics? I know I keep track of my DNA statistics. Prior to Roots Tech 2019, I tracked the number...

Have you been frustrated by Ancestry hints that seem illogical? I know I have. I seem to get hints for records from England when my ancestor...

Do you just rely on Ancestry's record information for census records prior to 1850? Or do you locate an extraction form for the census y...

Do you try and connect with other genealogists to pick up tips and tricks? Living in rural America, I rely on connections over the Internet ...

This morning, I watched one of the Barefoot Genealogist''s new videos: What Are Ancestry ThruLines? Even though I was already f...

Recently, Randy Seaver posted about the number of DNA ThruLines he had for each ancestor. Curious, I decided to check out my own ThruLines ...

I like Ancestry's new ThruLines feature! Unfortunately, it is pointing out one of my frustrations with my DNA results. I have several ...

When working with Ancestry hints, do you look at the 'Member Tree' hints, or do you just ignore them? I look at them and often accep...

Do you ever go back thru your research trying to use your older research to try and find new information? If so, that is what I'm workin...

Do you ever participate in one of Blaine Bettinger's DNA quizzes? Or, do you ever see someone else's post about their DNA stats and ...

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is known for his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenges. His blog post, DNA Tests and Analysis Summary wasn...