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Video: How to search for Scottish census records from the 1800s

Video: How to search for Scottish census record...

Searching for Scottish census returns on Scotland's People for 1841, 1851, and later. While search is free, downloading the records requires credits.

Video: How to search for Scottish census record...

Searching for Scottish census returns on Scotland's People for 1841, 1851, and later. While search is free, downloading the records requires credits.

No, you don't need to download Adobe Acrobat Pro to use fillable PDFs

No, you don't need to download Adobe Acrobat Pr...

We recently received a great question from a prospective customer interested in EasyGenie's fillable genealogy PDFs that genealogists can type into and print out - no handwriting required! An example is shown above. Here's what...

No, you don't need to download Adobe Acrobat Pr...

We recently received a great question from a prospective customer interested in EasyGenie's fillable genealogy PDFs that genealogists can type into and print out - no handwriting required! An example is shown above. Here's what...

What if a family legend about an English castle turned out to be true?

What if a family legend about an English castle...

The New York Times recently published a story about an American man from Los Angeles, Hopwood DePree, with an unusual family legend: One branch of the family supposedly inhabited a castle...

What if a family legend about an English castle...

The New York Times recently published a story about an American man from Los Angeles, Hopwood DePree, with an unusual family legend: One branch of the family supposedly inhabited a castle...

Video: How to access FREE 1850 census records

Video: How to access FREE 1850 census records

Don't have an Ancestry account? No problem. FamilySearch.org is the best source for free U.S. census records. Here's how to search the 1850 U.S. census collection. Narrated by EasyGenie founder Ian Lamont....

Video: How to access FREE 1850 census records

Don't have an Ancestry account? No problem. FamilySearch.org is the best source for free U.S. census records. Here's how to search the 1850 U.S. census collection. Narrated by EasyGenie founder Ian Lamont....

Discovering New Ancestors interview: unanswered questions and unexpected results

Discovering New Ancestors interview: unanswered...

We recently conducted an email interview with Arun Konanur, founder of Discovering New Ancestors. Genetic genealogy is one of the most promising tools in the genealogist's toolbox, yet also one...

Discovering New Ancestors interview: unanswered...

We recently conducted an email interview with Arun Konanur, founder of Discovering New Ancestors. Genetic genealogy is one of the most promising tools in the genealogist's toolbox, yet also one...

5 tips for reaching out the right way to other genealogists

5 tips for reaching out the right way to other ...

Many thanks to the many people who responded to our last newsletter, which described a frustrating experience with the FamilySearch unified tree. One reader had this to say: "It is great...

5 tips for reaching out the right way to other ...

Many thanks to the many people who responded to our last newsletter, which described a frustrating experience with the FamilySearch unified tree. One reader had this to say: "It is great...