Ancestry.com Genealogy Citations | Build a Great Citation

The popular genealogy research site Ancestry.com does not provide a full genealogy citation for each record you find. However, they give us a lot of the building blocks we need to build a great citation. Learn how to use the information on Ancestry.com to build your own genealogy citations as…

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Irish Coast Guard Records | Ireland Genealogy

Did your Irish ancestor serve in the Irish Coast Guard? Let’s talk about the Irish coast guard and the records we can use for our family history research. In a previous video, I showed an Ireland Civil Registration death record with one small clue that stated that ancestor was a…

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Irish Civil Registration | Ireland Genealogy Records

If you have ancestors from Ireland, then you’ll want to dig into the Ireland Civil Registration records. Ireland Civil Registration recorded births, marriages, and deaths across the country beginning in 1864 up until the partition of Ireland in 1921. After 1921, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland kept separate…

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Pandemics in History and Your Ancestors

With the worldwide concern over the spread of the Coronavirus, I thought we’d take some time to talk about outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics in history that affected our ancestors, and how to find the genealogical records that go with those disease outbreaks. Let’s take a closer look! Watch this episode…

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Citing Sources in Genealogy | Complex Citations Made Simple

We’ve talked before about how you can quickly master basic genealogy citations, and even more complex layered citations. But sometimes you work with a large packet of genealogy documents that is even more complicated than that! Join me in this video as we follow easy steps to create great source…

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Civil Marriage Records for Your Family History Research

We talked before about how many types of marriage records may have been created for our ancestors’ marriage. Today we will dive deep into marriage records created by the government and the clues they can offer for our family history. Watch this episode for all the details! Pin for Later!

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Go BEYOND the Marriage Record Index on FamilySearch

Because marriage records are one of the most sought after of all genealogy records, many have been indexed and show up as hints or suggestions for us on FamilySearch. But do you go beyond the marriage index to the actual record? Let’s talk about all the clues you can find…

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