Genealogy Help
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Most genealogists eventually buy a genealogy book. Whether that book be a reference resource or a tried and true family genealogy, eventually the call of some book will garnish enough interest for the genealogist to open the pages. A new website online now provides a method for you to purchase almost 75,000 genealogy books, whether it be a best seller, or a rare manuscript. When purchasing, part of your purchase price will go towards supporting free genealogy websites online!

Can’t remember all the Google tricks you’ve heard for genealogy searching? Want to learn some things you probably had no idea Google could do? Here are some ways the Easy Google Genealogy Searcher can make your genealogy searches more effective…

Genealogy can be an expensive hobby but there are plenty of free resources for the genealogist. Find out more….

Are you confused by the term “removed” in cousin relationships? Have you wondered what “second cousin once-removed” or “first cousin three-times removed” means?

To learn the meaning of cousin relationship terms such as “removed”. “double cousins”, and “kissing cousins”, and to find out how to use a FREE online and automatic cousin calculator to determine a relationship between two blood relatives, read more…..

You may have used the RootsWeb searches without even noticing that drop-down box that gives the option of using “exact name”, “metaphone”, or “soundex” search.

Metaphone? Soundex? What do they mean, how are they different, and how can they help your research? Learn more…

The U.S. Social Security Death Index is an index of almost seventy million deceased people who had social security numbers and whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration.

Here is how it can be useful in your genealogy research…

Many years ago, my cousin sent me a copy of her treasured family genealogy book after learning of my interest in genealogy. The family book was a fully-sourced typed manuscript of the history of one branch of our family that went back into the 1300s in France. Wow!

But Gustave Anjou, the “genealogist” who was hired to compile our family book was a master at combining families to create one related family tree. Sometimes, he took a valid family tree and without proof appended it to the family tree of his client. Or sometimes, he added wills, births, marriages, and deaths that were his inventions into existing records.

Find out if the family tree you downloaded off the internet could contain a Gustav Anjou forgery….

A good rule of thumb is…. Don’t trust anything you find on the ‘net (or elsewhere) if it doesn’t have sources.

Understanding the geographical changes in Ontario’s borders and the name changes for Ontario is essential for anyone researching in Ontario. For instance Ontario in the course of its settlement from 1783 on, has been called the Western part of the Montreal District of the Colony of Quebec, Upper Canada, and Canada West.

Recording of an alias or nickname often leads to confusion for many people. The instructions here setforth are meant to alleviate your concerns.