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Including Famly Stories in Your Genealogy

What should we do with those family stories that have been passed down through generations but, we realize, are more fiction than fact? Should they be discarded in the interest of only recording accurate and factual information? I don't think so....

Types of Genealogical Evidence 

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Understanding the Types of Genealogical Evidence

Genealogists label source records and information as primary or secondary, direct or indirect, original or derivative. Recognizing the different types of evidence is an important part of evaluating the reliability of the data contained in the  s...

Great Resources for New Genealogy Hobbyists 

Family Tree Guide - The Quest For Ancestors

Of all the years I've spent tracking down my family, one thing I wish I would have had was a family tree guide. Something to keep me organized and on track. I would have been more efficient in my research and in turn been able to accomplish more. I...

Old News

Genealogy is my hobby and one of the greatest parts of that is reading old newspapers for obituaries and interesting articles about my ancestors. I have collected a great many of these little tidbits of news from long ago and decided to make a lens...

How to Begin Your Genealogy Research

Doing genealogical research - tracing your roots, or building your family tree - is an exciting and fulfilling project. There's no one "right way" to get started, but in this lens I'll share my ideas, lots of resources, and the tools that have worked...

GenealogyWise

Move over MySpace and Facebook. A new social networking site, the creation of Family Link, came on to the scene with a sonic boom! Within hours of it's publication, the membership grew at a rapid pace. Geared towards genealogy addicts and family his...

Texas History Hunter

This lens is about my love of genealogy, research and family history. I have been involved in my family research since 1982 and have been assisting others since 1990. Be sure to visit PAGE 2

Very interesting genealogy stories 

Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid - 1780

Garner Rix was just 12 when he moved with his father, pregnant mother, two sisters and three brothers from a farm in Connecticut to a log cabin on the banks of the White River, a place that would one day be called Royalton, Vermont. He helped h...

Hibbert Hobbs Genealogy

This lens is a tribute and history of Hibbert Hobbs. His life included many battles such as overcoming poverty and lack of education, fighting in two major wars, and ultimately facing a battle against Alzheimer's Disease. I hope you will enjoy readin...

Kidnapped at 5 years old!

This is Me!  Really strange to be researching and find you as a little girl posted all over the front pages of a Tacoma, WA newspaper for several days! Even stranger to read the newspapers and the comments that the reporters stated me saying....

Michael Mullins Hobbs Of VA, KY, WV

This lens is focused on one of my elusive ancestors, Michael Hobbs (or Michael Mullins) who was b. abt 1835 in VA and d. aft 1900 most likely in W VA. Find census information for Michael Hobbs, his wives' and childrens' names and all the information...

Christina Campbell of Yarralumla

Christina was a relative of mine. I think her story is very interesting and I would like to share it with you. Here you will find information on Christina's early life, her time at Yarralumla, the house which later became the governor-general of Aus...

Let's Get Started on Your Family Tree 

Make Your Own Family Tree Book For Generations To Come

Wow, as I am writing this I am thinking of how long I have been doing my family tree book and I really feel old now...hehe! So you want to start a family tree eh? Well I have been doing just that for over 14 years now and I have to say it has been o...

An Adventure in Discovering Your Family Roots

Genealogy has been a favorite hobby of mine for nearly 20 years now. It's amazing the interesting facts and family lore you can uncover. For example my husbands great uncle bought a brand new car back in the early 1900's. When he brought it home it w...

DNA testing for Genealogy

Y Chromosome DNA testing has become the best tool in the genealogy arsenal for confirming branch connections and the fastest way to add generations to your tree, As more people get tested over time your chance of finding matches gets better and bette...

Getting Family Tree Help - There Is Hope

Trying to find that long lost relative or just trying to track down information on an ancestor can be a very frustrating and daunting task. I know, I have been there..many times! I had trouble finding my grandfather on my dad's side...yes just my gra...

Your Family Genealogy Research: Where Great Stories Are Born!

Genealogy is the history of you! History means the story of the past, FAMILY HISTORY means the story of your family's past-Your Heritage. Family genealogy goes beyond simple bookkeeping of names of your ancestors. Family history searches out the live...

Beginners Genealogy Resources 

Tips for the Beginning Amateur Genealogist - Part 1

Beginners in any subject need guidelines. and I believe these tips will help beginning genealogists to get started quicker and more efficiently. The 34 tips I have compiled here have been helpful to me over my years of genealogical research and were...

Trace Your Family History

Funnily enough it was after watching the hit BBC show and talking to my father after his heart attack that I decided to really go to town and discover as much about my family and their past as I could. It was a journey that at times I wished I had n...

Making a Family Tree

Making a family tree is not difficult, but it does take a lot of time. It can also be interesting to learn about where you are from and some of the changes that were made when your ancestors came to the United States. I have learned that an "s" was a...

Begin A Family Tree - Seek Out Your Deep Heritage

I have been interested in genealogy for many years now and I must say I have never been so happy with a hobby. So far it appears that I have a very nice normal heritage with very deep family roots in and around the state of Missouri. My American fam...

Tips for the Beginning Amateur Genealogist - Part 2

Beginners in any subject need guidelines. and I believe these tips will help beginning genealogists to get started quicker and more efficiently. The 34 tips I have compiled here have been helpful to me over my years of genealogical research and were...

Advanced Genealogy Search Sources 

Peize (Drenthe) on a wiki

Residents of Peize (near Groningen) have created 2,100 wiki articles about the people who have lived in their town since about 1660. Anyone who has found that relatives lived in or near Peize should search the free website. (Image is a GFDL version...

Understanding the Types of Genealogical Evidence

Genealogists label source records and information as primary or secondary, direct or indirect, original or derivative. Recognizing the different types of evidence is an important part of evaluating the reliability of the data contained in the  s...

Familypedia is great for genealogy

I'm using a free cooperative website to further my family history. You can join us. In 2004 I discovered Wikipedia. Hooray! Then in 2005 I found that my serious passion, genealogy, was the subject of a FREE website that used the same easy markup...

Making Use of the Census

In this lens we are going to look at the Census Returns from 1841 - 1911 and how they can assist you in the hunt for your families heritage. The Government started doing regular census returns in 1801 and they have been done every 10 years ever since...

Using the 1901 UK census

If we ignore the recent release of the 1911 Census then the next best place to start tracing your ancestors through the census returns is the 1901 Census. Most families after their initial research can name at least some members of the family who wer...

Specific Family Genealogy 

My Sansom Family Genealogy

Welcome to my Sansom family lens! My Grandma was Ethel (Emma Jean) Sansom (pictured on the left), daughter of Millard and Ella (Nunley) Sansom of Wayne County West Virginia. I wanted to make a lens to share some of our old family photos and genealogy...

Kinnally Family

If you're a Kinnally, leave a little message, say 'hi' and tell us a little about yourself! Cover photo is the family of James & Mary Kinnally, taken in Yonkers, N.Y. Eight sons and two daughters. My grandparent's family on my father's side. There...

The Gilkison / Gilkerson Family Of VA / WV

This site is dedicated to the many wonderful Gilkison / Gilkerson ancestors in my family tree. They lived in Virginia (later West Virginia) and came originally from Ireland it is believed. Here you will find information on some of my Gilkerson family...

My Adams genealogy

This is the family tree of Charles Russell Adams and his distant family

History Lenses 

French Huguenots and Walloons

This site will share with you some of the history of the French Huguenots and the French speaking Walloons and their relationship to family history and genealogy. Genealogists and family historians have a special interest in the French Huguenots and...

Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid - 1780

Garner Rix was just 12 when he moved with his father, pregnant mother, two sisters and three brothers from a farm in Connecticut to a log cabin on the banks of the White River, a place that would one day be called Royalton, Vermont. He helped h...

Reformation, Pietism, and The Apocalypse: Johann Jacob Zimmerman

Pietism, Reformation, and Apocalyptic movements are all associated with the Protestant rebellions against the Catholic Church, and later the resultant Lutheran Church. Much of the genealogical heritage of these German pietists are shared by American...

New Featured Lenses 

Googling for Family History

I regularly use several of Google's online products while doing famly history research. The basic Google search is a good place to start. I search for my family lines often to see what is new on the Internet. But, there is much more to Google tha...

Ephraim D'Angelo's Lenses 

Finding Ephraim: Jewry in the Diaspora

Thanks to all my regular visitors who are making good use of the Finding Ephraim series. It makes me happy to know that you are using these Squidoo lenses as a resource. Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with by leaving comments,...

Genealodocious

Welcome to Genealo-DOCIOUS There is a gargantuan genealogy knowledge base here on Squidoo. I hope to make researching your family tree easy and enjoyable. If you have a helpful lens on genealogy, i hope you will add it to the Genealodocious group....