Ever heard “he’s my second cousin twice removed” and wondered what it meant? Perhaps you’ll remember Pippin similarly explaining how he is related to Frodo Baggins in the motion picture The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring....
As we grow up, it’s inevitable that families drift apart after just a few generations. It’s quite understandable because new families are created as the family tree expands, and it’s hard to get together with the distant relatives. However, one of...
As technology advances, more fantastic ways for sharing your family history and preserving your memories and stories are developed. One of the most amazing advances is video. Video is a powerful medium for expressing and preserving ideas. When you write something...
Confused about where to start your LDS (Mormon) Genealogy research? Below, we have a few quick tips for you. Find out if the temple work has already been completed. It’s not fun to do the research, collect the names and dates from your own efforts only to find...
The further back we go when researching ancestors, inevitably, the less information we find. For many ancestors, the only information we have about them is dates of birth and death and the place/location references where such events took place. However, don’t...
