Category Archives: Genealogy

The category in which all genealogical posts can be found.

Family Tree Maker Video Tutorials

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Featheriver

I’ve used Family Tree Maker for years. Today, via Twitter, I learned that there are video tutorials that can be accessed from the Help menu for versions 2009, 2010 and 2011. Just click the Help menu and select Training Tutorials. … Continue reading →

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Becoming a Great-Grandfather

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Featheriver

During all these years I have engaged in genealogy research for my family, looking for grand-parents, great-grand parents and so on I never thought about myself becoming a great-grandparent. But I am. My grand-daughter is about to become a mother. … Continue reading →

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March = Women’s History Month

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Featheriver

Women have sure come a long way. The Library of Congress are featuring a number of them since March is “Women’s History Month.” It isn’t just the Library that is paying tribute to women this month. The Library of Congress, … Continue reading →

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Ancestry blog gets a facelift

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Featheriver

The facelift is minor. Ancestry says: The appearance updates are minor, but we hope they will make the blog a little more user friendly for our readers. As part of the makeover process we have simplified archived blog posts and … Continue reading →

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Maria von Trapp – The Sound of Music

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Featheriver

Maria von Trapp became a household name in the United States when her story was turned into the 1959 Broadway musical The Sound of Music. She and her family previously had immigrated to the United States from their native Austria … Continue reading →

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Find A Grave Source Fruitful

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Featheriver

I have been having some success in finding burial information about scores of my ancestors on Find A Grave. If you haven’t heard of Find A Grave you might give it a go and see if you can get over … Continue reading →

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Great idea: Digitizing books readable online

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Featheriver

For the past few weeks I’ve neglected blogging because I’ve been deeply entrenched in genealogical research for my family tree. In doing so I have focused on searching for books online I can read that address the history of places … Continue reading →

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Ancestry improves Census images

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Featheriver

Before and after Ancestry’s census images from 1790-1900 furnish a wealth of information about our ancestors. Ancestry has announced an enhancement of those images making them much easier to read as you can see from the before and after. [Ancestry]

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Family Trees: The quest for a family’s history

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Featheriver

I have been using Ancestry.com for about a decade to search for members of my family’s tree. It has become my primary resource for searching and finding information. I supplement it with information on GenWeb and RootsWeb and Google and … Continue reading →

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The importance of the 2010 Census

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Featheriver

The Constitution of the United States mandates that every resident (not just citizens) be counted every ten years. The census for the year 2010 will help communities (such as Pahrump) receive $400 billion in federal funds each year for hospitals, … Continue reading →

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