In this episode, Laura Hedgecock offers tips for writing about places as you tell your family’s story. Also, Lisa Louise Cooke talks with Jenny Ashcraft from Newspapers.com. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-11-FTM.mp3 Feature: Why You Should Include Ancestral Places in Your Family Histories In her article called Falling into Place in the November/December 2024 issue of Family Tree Magazine, author Laura...

In this episode of Best Websites, Lisa speaks with Katherine Borges of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) about using DNA test results to inform your genealogical research. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-10-BW.mp3 Best Genealogy Websites: International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) If incorporating DNA testing into your genealogical research is important to you, then you’ll want...

In this episode, Robbie Gorr introduces us to the morose but fascinating world of death heirlooms, explaining what they are and what we can learn from them. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/FTM-10-2024.mp3 Feature: Death-related Family Heirlooms Death-related family heirlooms may seem a bit macabre by today’s standards, but they may actually hold details that are valuable to your genealogy...

In this episode of Best Websites, Lisa Louise Cooke chats with Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings, a long-running genealogy blog packed with genealogy tips, stories and even a little bit of humor. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/BW-2024-09.mp3 Best Genealogy Websites: Genea-Musings One of the longest running genealogy blogs, Genea-Musings features genealogy research tips and techniques, genealogy news items and...

In this episode of the Family Tree Podcast, Lindsey Harner offers tips for navigating census records before 1850. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/FTM-2024-09.mp3 Feature: Strategies for Using Pre-1850 US Censuses The census is one of those records that serves as the backbone of genealogy. However, not all census records are the same. Have you run into the dreaded “1850 brick wall”? Lindsey Harner is here to...

In this episode of Best Websites, Lisa Louise Cooke talks with Brooke Schreier Ganz from Reclaim the Records, a group that aims to make genealogical records more accessible to researchers. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-08-BW.mp3 Best Genealogy Websites: Reclaim the Records Have you ever tried to access a record only to be told by a government agency or archive that you can’t? What can you do in those...

In this episode of the Family Tree Magazine Podcast, author Rhonda Lauritzen offers tips for writing your ancestors in an engaging, unique way. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-08.mp3 Feature: Writing Your Family History If you’ve been researching your family history for a while, you may be thinking about writing the story so that you can share it with others. Author Rhonda Lauritzen joins Lisa Louise...

In this episode of Best Websites, Lisa Louise Cooke chats with David Fryxell about some of the highlights from Family Tree Magazine‘s 2024 list of 101 Best Websites. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-07-BW.mp3 101 Best Websites There’s an ever growing number of websites out there that can help you in your family history research, but which ones are the best and worth your time? David Fryxell joins Lisa...

In this episode of the Family Tree Magazine podcast, Lisa Louise Cooke speaks with Sunny Morton about choosing the best heritage tour companies and seeking out the most valuable resources as you plan your heritage trip. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-07-FTM.mp3 Feature: Genealogy Travel Guest: Sunny Jane Morton In her article called Tour Guides appearing in the May June 2024 issue of Family Tree...

In this episode, genealogist and writer David Fryxell highlights some of the best Google tools for genealogists to use, including Google Scholar, Google Drive, and more. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-06-BW.mp3 Best Genealogy Websites: Using Google tools for genealogy Guest Host: Melina Papadopoulos, Digital Editor Rick Crume, author of the article 15 Essential Google Tools for Genealogy Research,...

In this episode of the Family Tree Magazine podcast, Steve Little of the National Genealogical Society chats with Andrew Koch about AI tools like ChatGPT and how to use them effectively for genealogy research. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/FTMJune-2024.mp3 Artificial Intelligence (best known as AI) has taken the world by storm over the past few years. This is especially true for chatbots like ChatGPT. Naturally,...

In this episode of Best Websites, Family Tree Magazine editor Andrew Koch walks us through the full-text library from FamilySearch. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/BWFTM-05-2024.mp3 Best Genealogy Websites: Full-Text Library Search at FamilySearch FamilySearch announced Full-Text Search just this year at RootsTech 2024. Family Tree Magazine Editor Andrew Koch explains how the tool can transform your genealogy...

In this episode, Lindsay Fulton from American Ancestors speaks with us about the 10 Million Names Project, its purpose and how you can get involved. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-05-FTM.mp3 Researching enslaved ancestors can be a challenge. Fortunately, American Ancestors is working hard to recover the names of the millions of people who where enslaved in the United States via the 10 Million Names Project. In...

In this episode of Best Websites, DNA Expert Kitty Munson Cooper offer tips for using GEDmatch to better understand your DNA test results. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-04-BW.mp3 Best Genealogy Websites: GEDmatch GEDmatch is a handy third-party tool that allows you to compare your DNA test results with over 1.5 million profiles across many of the major DNA test companies. GEDmatch also offers several...

In this episode, New Media Editor Rachel Christian talks with her cousin, professional organizer Lahni Carney about handling inherited research and items with care. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-04-FTM.mp3 Feature: Organization for Family Historians Professional organizer Lahni Carney explains all that goes into professional organizing and how family historians can strategize to preserve their most...

In this episode of Best Website, Gena Philibert-Ortega offers some tips for using Ancestry Pro Tools to improve the accuracy of your family tree. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-03-BW-2.mp3 Best Genealogy Websites: Ancestry Pro Tools (00:56) Ancestry recently announced a new membership called the Pro Tools membership that provides new ways for users to improve the accuracy of their family...

In this episode of the Family Tree Magazine podcast, author and genealogist Eliza Watson provides some valuable tips for researchers looking to overcome obstacles in their Irish genealogy research. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-03.mp3 Feature: Irish Genealogy Brick Walls Eliza Watson is a USA Today best-selling author and genealogist. Her book is Genealogy Tips and Quips, and she has an article in the...

In this episode of Best Websites, New Media Editor and Guest Host Rachel Christian interviews Leah Larkin about an exciting new genealogy tool called BanyanDNA. You can catch Dr. Larkin at this year’s RootsTech conference to learn more about BanyanDNA. Note: BanyanDNA differs from WATO in that it doesn’t suggest hypotheses. BanyanDNA can give an estimate of which hypotheses are most likely among those the user set.  If the user neglected to consider some valid alternatives, the...

In this episode, Family Tree Magazine Editor and Podcast Guest Host Andrew Koch interviews Sunny Morton about the highly anticipated genealogy conference RootsTech, what to expect and what past conferences had to offer. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-02.mp3 Getting Ready for Rootstech! (01:59) Rootstech – Your Story Is Worth Remembering will be held 29 February through 2 March 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah...

That’s right! We’re starting off 2024 by taking a look at our very own FamilyTreeMagazine.com. Join Lisa Louise Cooke as she highlights some of our best free downloadable genealogy forms, informative eBooks, quick reference guides and so much more. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/2024-01-BW_1_.mp3 Best Genealogy Websites: FamilyTreeMagazine.com In each episode of this podcast, we highlight one of the best...

In this episode, we celebrate 15 years of the Family Tree Magazine podcast by revisiting some of our most popular interviews. First, we learn from Rich Venezia once more about finding ancestors’ hometowns. Then, we review some tried-and-true heirloom preservation tips from Denise May Levenick. Finally, we listen as your DNA Guide Diahan Southard explains what to do about missing or unexpected...

In this episode, we revisit the April 2023 interview with Kathryn Marks, in which she offers a walk-through of the Passenger Search database as a tool for finding ancestors who arrived in America via the Port of New York. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/BW2023-12.mp3 Our Sponsor: Newspapers.com The sponsor of today’s episode is Newspaper.com, the largest online newspaper archive. Newspapers.com is your...

In this episode, we look at some of the most memorable interviews from 2023, including Lisa Alzo sharing her family history research plan and Denise May Levenick offering tips for preserving old family recipes and kitchenware. Also, Family Tree Magazine Editor Andrew Koch provides a 2023 genealogy year in review. https://media.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/content.blubrry.com/family_tree_magazine/FTM-2023-12.mp3 Feature: Revisiting the Family History Research Plan from...