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The best genealogy tech? The humble telephone

The best genealogy tech? The humble telephone

Recently, I had the chance to bring together my father and one of his distant cousins on the telephone. They grew up in the same General Motors factory town in...

The best genealogy tech? The humble telephone

Recently, I had the chance to bring together my father and one of his distant cousins on the telephone. They grew up in the same General Motors factory town in...

Recognizing genealogy scams and pirates

Recognizing genealogy scams and pirates

Last week's EasyGenie newsletter about pirates (see "Skeletons found in sunken pirate ship off Cape Cod") coincided with a report of a modern-day pirate ... right on the EasyGenie Facebook page!...

Recognizing genealogy scams and pirates

Last week's EasyGenie newsletter about pirates (see "Skeletons found in sunken pirate ship off Cape Cod") coincided with a report of a modern-day pirate ... right on the EasyGenie Facebook page!...

Coming soon: genealogy charts showing multiple spouses

Coming soon: genealogy charts showing multiple ...

This winter, Nicole and I have been hard at work on various fronts. We moved office a few weeks ago, worked with our local printing partner on a quality checklist,...

Coming soon: genealogy charts showing multiple ...

This winter, Nicole and I have been hard at work on various fronts. We moved office a few weeks ago, worked with our local printing partner on a quality checklist,...

Why "Finding Your Roots" is great TV ... and great genealogy

Why "Finding Your Roots" is great TV ... and gr...

One of our favorite programs on TV is Finding Your Roots, the long-running PBS history/genealogy series hosted by Professor Henry Louis Gates. It would be a fascinating program if it...

Why "Finding Your Roots" is great TV ... and gr...

One of our favorite programs on TV is Finding Your Roots, the long-running PBS history/genealogy series hosted by Professor Henry Louis Gates. It would be a fascinating program if it...

Why genealogists love working with old photos

Why genealogists love working with old photos

One important task for today's genealogists is organizing and preserving old photos. Over the weekend, I spent a few hours looking through some old inherited photos that I'd seen before but never digitized...

Why genealogists love working with old photos

One important task for today's genealogists is organizing and preserving old photos. Over the weekend, I spent a few hours looking through some old inherited photos that I'd seen before but never digitized...

How to open genealogy PDFs from a .zip archive

When you order EasyGenie PDFs, you may be sent a .zip archive file. Don't worry, the PDFs are "inside" the archive, but you may need to perform an additional step...

How to open genealogy PDFs from a .zip archive

When you order EasyGenie PDFs, you may be sent a .zip archive file. Don't worry, the PDFs are "inside" the archive, but you may need to perform an additional step...