5 Tips for Taking Great Photos For Family History Records

Digital cameras are all over the place these days and it is so easy to take tons of pictures. Digital cameras let you see the picture you took seconds after it was taken. You can then determine if the picture is a “keeper” or not. But how do you determine...

Preserving Your Library of Learning

There are many ways to leave a legacy.  One way is to leave behind a library of good books.  The only problem with this is that the library you leave behind with physical books will have a limited reach depending on the family members who end up with your books. ...

Can Letters Make a Difference?

As the United States celebrates President’s Day, one might reflect on the physical treasures and glimpses into their lives that they have left us. From the viewpoint of a family historian, the founding families of the United States left behind absolute...

Documenting Family Travels

Well Traveled – There are many ways to open the mind, broaden experience, and deepen feelings. One path to doing so is through traveling. Experiencing new places, ideas, foods, sites, smells, and cultures seems to have a profound effect upon us. Not only the...

How to Free up 30 Minutes of Time for Family History

Ever feel like you’d like to spend more time on genealogy but just don’t have the time? You’ve probably heard time and time again that we can’t get more time. There’s only 24 hours in a day. It’s how we manage those 24 hours that...

Manage Your Life Story and Pictures

Many free tools exist to help families organize and share pictures online. Some tools organize family pictures through a family tree, others provide a place to store and share pictures in folders, and some resources let you organize pictures by location. Organize...