Category: Site updates

We added historical law guides for every U.S. state which give a summary of laws that affected the recording of marriage, probate, land, tax, and court records.
We also added 9 new articles:
Coats of Arms Belong to People, Not Surnames How real heraldic authorities work, and why mail-order family crests get it wrong
Comparing Ancestry, FamilySearch, MyHeritage, and Findmypast A summary of what each site covers, costs, and does best
Cousin Relationships and Removals Explained How to count cousin degrees and removals, and why two different systems exist
Determining How a DNA Match Is Related to You What shared DNA totals, shared matches, and family trees can tell you
Eleven Substitutes for the Destroyed 1890 Census Where to find the household details a lost census would have recorded
Ellis Island Officials Did Not Change Immigrants’ Names Why the myth persists, who actually recorded immigrant names, and how spellings really changed
Ethnicity Estimates Are Statistical Guesses, Not Measurements What shapes those percentages, and how much to trust them
How to Begin Researching Your Family Tree The order to work in when you are starting your family history from nothing

We have added several new articles:
How to Find Your Immigrant Ancestor from Denmark A guide to specific records and methods to trace your ancestor back to Denmark
How to Find Your Immigrant Ancestor from Ireland A guide to specific records and methods to trace your ancestor back to Ireland
How to Find Your Immigrant Ancestor from Sweden A guide to specific records and methods to trace your ancestor back to Sweden
Understanding the Genealogical Proof Standard How to know if the information you found online about your family is true
DNA Testing and African Ancestry Understanding Your Results and Connecting to Specific African Regions and Communities

We recently added 2 new articles in the Learning section of the site:
The Pitfalls of Find a Grave Information: Verify Before You Trust 
Your Ancestor’s SS-5: A Genealogical Treasure 

We also corrected broken links throughout the site.

We corrected many broken links throughout the site so that things will go to the right places. Hopefully we caught them all, we welcome people contacting us to let us know when links are not working.

We recently added 2 new articles in the Learning section of the site:
How to Find Your African American Ancestors’ Slave Owner
Tips for Researching African American Ancestors

We recently added 5 new articles in the Learning section of the site:
3 Free FamilySearch Tools You Should Be Using
Fact Or Fiction: How To Know If Your Ancestor Was Native American
Unlocking FamilySearch: Mastering Full-Text Search
Finding Your Ancestors in Kenya
How to Find Your Ugandan Ancestors

We added the latest records from MyHeritage. Our directory now includes 1,403,636 links!

We corrected some broken links in the directory and added the newest titles from Newspapers.com.

We added the latest records from Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, and Newspapers.com. We now have 1,379,301 listings in our directory!

We added links to many unique books that are only found on Genealogical.com as part of their digital subscriptions. We hope this will help more people to find the great information that they have available.