Every genealogist or family historian who spends the time to look at original records will immediately encounter different handwriting styles including poor handwriting in any style. This video gives you an overview of some handwriting styles going back thousands of years. The examples illustrate the difficulty of deciphering any handwriting and particularly handwriting before approximately …
Genealogical delving into American colonial town records involves researching historical documents from the colonial period in America to trace ancestry. These records, which include birth, marriage, and death certificates, property records, and town meeting minutes, provide a wealth of information about our ancestors and their lives. The original European colonist nations in America were from …
Kathryn Grant explains how to fix difficult, messy problems in the FamilySearch Family Tree. Class Materials Tips for Tracking Your Research
This presentation will help you recognize problems and red flags on your tree in FamilySearch and how to diagnose the causes for these problems. Class Materials
Periodicals or more commonly known as “serials” in libraries are any publication that is published according to a schedule. They include newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, and other regular or irregular publications. There are millions of periodicals that are about genealogy and genealogical research. The Allen County Public Library has an index called PERSI or Periodical …
Michelle Karren discusses the value of meaningful stories, how they benefit children and adults. She also discusses ways that you can take an ancestor’s story, a piece of memorabilia, pictures, a recording or any other object and create a story that will be interesting and engaging to their descendants. Slide Deck
MyHeritage PhotoDater analyzes clothing styles, backgrounds and more to automatically date many photos. This video shows how the PhotoDater works.
This video shows you how and where to find online digital newspapers. You will be amazed at all the possibilities for finding extremely detailed information about your ancestors. Although there are huge online commercially available newspaper collections by subscription, there are also a huge number of free websites scattered across the country and the world. This …
In this class Laura Lefler explores a variety of sources to determine where an ancestor emigrated from, discusses how you can determine “push” and “pull” factors for an ancestor’s movement, and reviews some migration routes within the United States to determine where and how your ancestor migrated.
Funeral home and mortuary records are valuable resources for genealogical research. They provide a wealth of information about our ancestors, including their name, age, date of birth, date of death, place of death, and cause of death. These records often include details about the deceased’s family, such as the names of their parents, spouse, children, …
"BYU access" means that the item is accessible on BYU campus or remotely for logged-in BYU students and faculty. If labeled “BYU campus” then it is available anywhere on BYU campus, but not remotely. "BYU Library" indicates that you may only access the resource while physically at the BYU Library. (If you have a personal account with any of these sites, you can access them anywhere. If so, it is best to access them directly rather than using these links.)
*FamilySearch is accessible anywhere on the Internet, but many of the images (ca. 25-30%) require viewing at a FamilySearch family history center or affiliate library. The BYU Library has access to these images.
