Category Archives: Genealogy Techniques

As we learn about researching our family tree, roots, and genealogy, we’d like to share a few tips, tricks, and techniques we’ve learned and discovered along the way to help you with your family history research.

Where Do You Draw the Family History Research Line?

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Lorelle VanFossen

In The Worst Question in Genealogy, genealogist Kerry Scott of Clue Wagon admits that the worse question ever asked is “What do you do?” For a family historian, the next question is “How far back have you gone?” I love … Continue reading →


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WordPress Plugin for Citations, Footnotes and Bibliographies

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Lorelle VanFossen

In researching techniques for adding footnotes to posts in WordPress for “Creating Footnotes in WordPress,” I looked into several WordPress Plugins for footnotes. One caught my attention. AcademicPress WordPress Plugin is ideal for a serious genealogy and family history site … Continue reading →


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Family History Blogging Tips and Resources

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Lorelle VanFossen

In anticipation of a series of workshops and classes I will be teaching soon on family history blogging, I’ve put together “Family History Blogging Resources and Tips” as a long list of family history and genealogy blogging tips, techniques, and … Continue reading →


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Identifying Old Photographs with the Photo Detective

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Lorelle VanFossen

Photo Detective is the blog of photo historian Maureen Taylor, author of “Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs.” She helps readers play detective with their photographs for free. The details are usually in the photograph such as the hairstyle, clothing, … Continue reading →


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Check Out Genealogy Insider Blog for News and Tips

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Lorelle VanFossen

Genealogy Insider is the blog for Diane Haddad, Family Tree Magazine blogger and staff member, stuffed with tons of information and resources for family history researchers. She publishes a link roundup called Genealogy News Corral of the latest news, books, … Continue reading →


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Can You Spot the USS Arizona?

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Lorelle VanFossen

My grandfather, Howard William West Sr. served on the USS Arizona in the early 1920s. In researching his life on the ship, culling what information I can from his USS Arizona Log Book 1924-1925 and the History of the USS … Continue reading →


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WordPress Customization Highlights Letters From the War Front

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Lorelle VanFossen
WordPress Customization Highlights Letters From the War Front

Letters from the Front | My Grandfather’s Letters 1914-1919 is a tribute to John Adams of the 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, from his letters from 1914-1919, preserved for all time on the web by his grandson of the same … Continue reading →


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Save a Life: Build a Family Cancer and Disease Tree

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Lorelle VanFossen

Tracing our family history isn’t about connecting the dots in our family tree, it is also about connecting the medical history and genetic path cancer takes through a family. In “My Semicolon Life: Tracing my family’s cancer history” in USA … Continue reading →


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Dig Into Your Family History Now – Don’t Wait

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Lorelle VanFossen

In “Researching Family History: Find a missing part of your family history” in the Deseret News, Russell Bangerter described uncovering a family treasure that would rock the world. Stephon Tull did not know what he had until he was going … Continue reading →


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Share a Family Dear Photograph Moment

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Lorelle VanFossen

The one thing I love about the digital age is that there are amazing new twists on old techniques, and Dear Photograph is a fantastic new twist for genealogists and family historians. The idea is to write a “letter” to … Continue reading →


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