Category Archives: Research Tips

My Top Free Genealogy Websites – Part 2

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Don Taylor

Part 2 – Referers (or Link Sites) Tuesday’s Tips Don Taylor I consider free genealogy websites in three different categories. First are sites that have data that are sources for facts. The second are sites that provide links to sites … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten Free Genealogy Websites – Part 1

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Don Taylor

Source Sites Tuesday’s Tips By Don Taylor I consider free genealogy websites in three different categories. First are sites that have data that are sources for facts. The second are sites that provide links to sites that have the data. … Continue reading →

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My Top 10 Fee-Based Genealogy Websites

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Don Taylor

Tuesday’s Tips By Don Taylor Ancestry – Without a doubt, I use Ancestry more than any other fee-based website. I have a World Subscription and use Ancestry almost daily. Newspapers – I find Newspapers.Com has more pages that fit my … Continue reading →

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The Canadian Library & Archives

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Don Taylor

Tuesday Tips I had the opportunity to do some genealogical research for a friend who knew virtually nothing about her grandfather, Andrew Halcro.  He died in 1925 at the age of 48 and was not talked about much by the … Continue reading →

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Adding History to my Stories.

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Don Taylor

General Help By Don Taylor I was recently asked about my organizational methods for writing family histories and family sketches. To add life to my family sketches, I like to add historical occurrences during critical times in an ancestor’s life. … Continue reading →

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