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60 Minutes shows how African-Americans can break through genealogy brick walls

60 Minutes shows how African-Americans can brea...

A recent episode of 60 Minutes had a special story that touches on family, history, genealogy, and place. It was the tale of the Millers, a large extended family from rural Virginia near...

60 Minutes shows how African-Americans can brea...

A recent episode of 60 Minutes had a special story that touches on family, history, genealogy, and place. It was the tale of the Millers, a large extended family from rural Virginia near...

Why are genealogy apps and websites so hard to use?

Why are genealogy apps and websites so hard to ...

Technology is so frustrating sometimes. And, unfortunately, the problem of bad technology interfaces and designs seems to be getting worse. We see it every day in the devices we use...

Why are genealogy apps and websites so hard to ...

Technology is so frustrating sometimes. And, unfortunately, the problem of bad technology interfaces and designs seems to be getting worse. We see it every day in the devices we use...

Borderlands of the 1700s: Fort de La Présentation

Borderlands of the 1700s: Fort de La Présentation

Do you have ancestors who lived in borderlands? These are fascinating places, where trade, travel, and rivalry have converged over the ages. The people living in borderlands often feel a...

Borderlands of the 1700s: Fort de La Présentation

Do you have ancestors who lived in borderlands? These are fascinating places, where trade, travel, and rivalry have converged over the ages. The people living in borderlands often feel a...

Blame Ancestry.com for the Find a Grave memorial mess

Blame Ancestry.com for the Find a Grave memoria...

As we sometimes highlight on the EasyGenie YouTube channel, Find a Grave is a great service for locating headstones and other information about deceased ancestors. If you don't live near...

Blame Ancestry.com for the Find a Grave memoria...

As we sometimes highlight on the EasyGenie YouTube channel, Find a Grave is a great service for locating headstones and other information about deceased ancestors. If you don't live near...

EasyGenie founder Ian Lamont on Genealogists' passion for sharing discoveries

EasyGenie founder Ian Lamont on Genealogists' p...

EasyGenie Founder Ian Lamont introduces EasyGenie and explains what drives genealogists. Transcript This is Ian Lamont from EasyGenie. I'm the founder of EasyGenie genealogy charts and forms and what we're...

EasyGenie founder Ian Lamont on Genealogists' p...

EasyGenie Founder Ian Lamont introduces EasyGenie and explains what drives genealogists. Transcript This is Ian Lamont from EasyGenie. I'm the founder of EasyGenie genealogy charts and forms and what we're...

3 reasons we are giving away a free genealogy PDF with fillable text

3 reasons we are giving away a free genealogy P...

Last week we announced a new free genealogy PDF with fillable text, the Extended Family Notes (link). Among the responses was this one: "I want to thank you for allowing...

3 reasons we are giving away a free genealogy P...

Last week we announced a new free genealogy PDF with fillable text, the Extended Family Notes (link). Among the responses was this one: "I want to thank you for allowing...