Ancestry is a great resource for genealogy, but you still have to be careful. Because the thing with anything on a computer is; garbage in – garbage out. This relates to an analogy of the internet I have heard. With the internet being like a dump truck backing up to …
I have been amazed at the ease of my search for any Tasmanian records through their Names Index. At first, I thought I was being fooled by slick web pages and wondrous search filters. But I have kept on digging and have kept coming up happy. Obviously any digitalisation of …
Findmypast is top ranking subscription website. It offers millions of genealogy records. However it has been plagued with problems in the last year or so. In early 2014, they changed their interface and practically ruined their search facilities. In May 2014, they had to acknowledge that the site didn’t work …
There are hundreds of websites out there to use for genealogy. But after you get past building your tree on Ancestry.com, you may want to dig a little deeper for the stories and details of you family members. You may want to know a little bit about who they really …
Ancestry.com has brought a wave of keen genealogists out into the open. It is easy to use, there is lots of information available. You get so excited that with each shaky leaf reviewed and each click of a record saved. A five minute search may reveal a whole family that …
Familysearch.org website is one of the most used websites in genealogy. This is a big achievement, as I don’t see them put out big advertising campaigns like Ancestry and Findmypast. Familysearch website doesn’t have the slick lines and the shaky leaf syndrome. It also doesn’t have the price tag. It’s …
I was searching for more information on my ancestor John Robinson. I knew his date of death was 1876 and he died in Balmain. However I was keen to find out what other information I might get from his will and probate information. I was very excited to see what …
Trove is one of my favourite places to go when doing genealogy. I love the Australian focus and the amount of different gems of information I have gotten from it. When I started doing genealogy I found a publication and the contact details to another fellow Warren researcher. I was …
If you are like me, whenever I have a question or my husband and I bet we both know something and argue about who is right, I go to google. I have yellowing dictionaries and thesaurus and a kids atlas that has never really seen the light of day. My …
My family and I have just gotten home from our holiday. We visited a town on our holidays that I spent a lot of time in as a kid. I pointed out different places and told them stories about what it was like when I was a kid. I told …
