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Family Tree

September - October 2020
Magazine

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!

Family Tree

out on a limb

TREE TALK • We asked about your favorite genealogy TV show (past or present). Here’s how you responded.

everything’srelative

Harvesting Family History

WHAT’S NEW COVID-19 and Genealogy

The Iron(ing) Age

Caring for Game-Day Souvenirs

Worth a Thousand Words

Tombstone Transcription Form • Preserve the information on tombstones—no rubbings required.

branchingout

Lights, Camera Ancestors! • Don’t touch that dial! Tune in to your ancestors with these 10 steps from the research team behind PBS’ “Finding Your Roots.”

Hard to Tell • When telling family stories, should you include your ancestor’s “blemishes” (shameful actions or traits) that you’ve uncovered in research? One writer weighs in.

GEORGIA

NEBRASKA

Health Inspectors • Your DNA can reveal clues about your health as well as your family history. Here’s a roundup of the best DNA tests that report on your genetic risk for certain diseases.

Pole Vaulting • Take your research to new heights with these 10 free Polish genealogy websites.

GOVERNMENT ISSUE • Federal, state and local leaders play a bigger role in your family tree than you think. Here’s what they do—and how you can be a voice for the good of genealogy records.

How to File an FOIA Request

treetips

A New Century • Period clues abound in this turn-of-the-century image.

Newspaper Lists

NOW WHAT?

HOW TO Locate a Tombstone

ROUNDUP Genealogy News Blogs

WEBSITE WorldCat • WorldCat is the world’s largest network of library content. Its catalog indexes the holdings of thousands of libraries, including the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and other public and private libraries with major genealogy collections.

DNA Q&A Transferring DNA Data

the rest is history

GERMAN GENEALOGY


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Frequency: Every other month Pages: 84 Publisher: Yankee Publishing Inc. Edition: September - October 2020

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: August 18, 2020

Formats

OverDrive Magazine

Languages

English

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!

Family Tree

out on a limb

TREE TALK • We asked about your favorite genealogy TV show (past or present). Here’s how you responded.

everything’srelative

Harvesting Family History

WHAT’S NEW COVID-19 and Genealogy

The Iron(ing) Age

Caring for Game-Day Souvenirs

Worth a Thousand Words

Tombstone Transcription Form • Preserve the information on tombstones—no rubbings required.

branchingout

Lights, Camera Ancestors! • Don’t touch that dial! Tune in to your ancestors with these 10 steps from the research team behind PBS’ “Finding Your Roots.”

Hard to Tell • When telling family stories, should you include your ancestor’s “blemishes” (shameful actions or traits) that you’ve uncovered in research? One writer weighs in.

GEORGIA

NEBRASKA

Health Inspectors • Your DNA can reveal clues about your health as well as your family history. Here’s a roundup of the best DNA tests that report on your genetic risk for certain diseases.

Pole Vaulting • Take your research to new heights with these 10 free Polish genealogy websites.

GOVERNMENT ISSUE • Federal, state and local leaders play a bigger role in your family tree than you think. Here’s what they do—and how you can be a voice for the good of genealogy records.

How to File an FOIA Request

treetips

A New Century • Period clues abound in this turn-of-the-century image.

Newspaper Lists

NOW WHAT?

HOW TO Locate a Tombstone

ROUNDUP Genealogy News Blogs

WEBSITE WorldCat • WorldCat is the world’s largest network of library content. Its catalog indexes the holdings of thousands of libraries, including the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and other public and private libraries with major genealogy collections.

DNA Q&A Transferring DNA Data

the rest is history

GERMAN GENEALOGY


Expand title description text