Family Tree Magazine will help point the way toward the best research tools and practices to trace your family's history. Each issue includes tips on locating, collecting, and preserving photos, letters, diaries, church and government records, and other documentation, plus fun articles about creating scrapbooks, organizing family reunions, and vacation ideas that combine history with leisure!
out on a limb
TREE TALK • Readers respond to our previous issue and our interview with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. of “Finding Your Roots”
everything’s relative
Stepping into History
Phone Tag
Across the Pond • One US researcher brings home surprising souvenirs from trips to England, including a Civil War photo and a lump of coal.
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Caring for Heirloom Silver
branching out
THE ULTIMATE GENEALOGY WEBSITES GUIDE • These guides to the eight most useful genealogy websites will help you search better and find the information you need.
Ancestry
Chronicling America
FamilySearch
Findmypast
Fold3
GenealogyBank
MyHeritage
Newspapers.com
IOWA
SOUTH CAROLINA
Power Tools • These 15 free, world-class Google tools help you organize your genealogy, find old records and more.
Time Traveling With Google Maps
Google Quick Links
App-titude • Swipe away with the 10 most useful genealogy mobile apps that are right in the palm of your hand.
The BEST BRITISH Websites • Discover your English and Welsh ancestors’ records in these 29 must-search genealogy websites.
British History
British Guides
tree tips
NOW WHAT?
Photo Fact or Fiction? • Take care with captions on old photos because they might give the wrong IDs.
AncestryDNA Adds New Features
ONE MILLION WELSH RECORDS
LEARN WHAT GENES YOU SHARE WITH YOUR GRANDCHILDEN
MyHeritage’s Shared Ancestral Places
Photograph a Tombstone
Digital History Collections
Online-Convert
Ordering a DNA Test for a Relative
the rest is history