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Cousin Chart Download
How to use the Cousin Chart Download First, identify the most recent common ancestor for the two relatives in question. Then find each relative’s relationship to that ancestor on the sides of the chart. Where the row and column meet, you’ll find their relationship. ...
Genealogy Cheat Sheet
Genealogy Cheat Sheet Free Download If you are thinking about starting to research your family tree our cheat sheet is just the thing to get you off on the right foot.
Cousins Explained
How to use the Cousin Chart Download First, identify the most recent common ancestor for the two relatives in question. Then find each relative’s relationship to that ancestor on the sides of the chart. Where the row and column meet, you’ll find their...
Charles Laine
Charles LaineThis is my great-grandfather, Charles, who worked as a miner all of his life. He moved from Finland to the USA in 1903 and then came to Canada in 1912 when he moved from Salt Lake, UT USA to Cobalt, ON Canada to find work in the mining boom...
How to Print Affordably
This is the Best Printing Solution I have found, by far!Today, I wanted to share with you the way I save a ton of money on printing so that you can try it for yourself. My genealogy hobby causes me to print a lot. But the cost of ink used to kill me! I had tried...
Are you interested in family history?
Genealogy has been around for hundreds of years in Europe. Originally was a way to track noble families. At the end of the 19th Century, genealogy became a way for North Americans to document their lineage. Now genealogy is booming. With so many new tools and...
Abraham Arbou
This is a picture of my husband's 6x great-grandfather that I found in a book. The image has always interested me. Why was this ancestor the subject of an etching? Why so much symbolism in the picture? I would love to know more about the artist Willem van Senus....
Start with Yourself
Start with what you know: YOU You are the base of your family tree, and it is a really good idea to start with yourself and work backwards. You know your birth date, place of birth, parents names, and where you have lived. If you follow this basic rule you will be...