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How to keep track of your direct lines on Excel (color coding and numeric)

sarahkochmcbrideJuly 16, 2021June 12, 2022
How to Organize your direct line in excel Spreadsheet If there is one thing I have learned over the past 35 years of doing genealogy work, it is that ORGANIZATION IS KEY!! about 20 yearsContinue reading

Community Trees: what they are and how they can be helpful in your search

sarahkochmcbrideJuly 14, 2021July 10, 2021
What is a community tree? A community tree is a lineage-based family tree based on reliable record sources. They are usually from a specific time period, or geographic locality. In community trees you will findContinue reading

31 million more records added in June to Family Search!

sarahkochmcbrideJuly 3, 2021July 2, 2021
Family Search Records In June, indexers and volunteers added another 31 million records to the Family Search Database. Over 7 million of those records were Catholic church records from all over the world. From theContinue reading

Improved Family History Library scheduled to re-open July 6

sarahkochmcbrideJune 23, 2021June 20, 2021
The newly remodeled Family History Library in SLC will reopen on July 6th Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah In Salt Lake City, Utah at Temple Square , sits an amazing building. The Family History Library atContinue reading

FAMILY SEARCH ADDS 51 MILLION MORE RECORDS

sarahkochmcbrideJune 1, 2021June 18, 2021
51 MILLION MORE RECORDS ADDED IN MAY IN May, Family Search added another 52 million records to its FREE database! These records are made possible by groups of indexers all over the world, transcribing millionsContinue reading

32 million new records added in April to Family Search!

sarahkochmcbrideMay 5, 2021May 5, 2021
32 million new records FAMILY SEARCH? TAKEN FROM FAMILYSEARCH.ORG "FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in April of 2021 with nearly 32 million new indexed family history records and over 3 million digital images fromContinue reading

32 million more records added to Family Search!

sarahkochmcbrideApril 2, 2021April 2, 2021
FAMILY SEARCH EXPANDED ITS DATABASE! In the month of March, Family Search increased it's available records by 32 MILLION. With the help of indexers all over the world, there are now 32 million more chancesContinue reading

Family Search added 34 million more records in February!

sarahkochmcbrideMarch 1, 2021April 2, 2021
WHAT WAS ADDED IN FEBRUARY? From Family Search: "FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in February of 2021 with almost 34 million new indexed family history records from all over the world. New historical recordsContinue reading

Can you REALLY trace your lineage back to Adam?

sarahkochmcbrideDecember 7, 2020November 11, 2020
Have you ever heard someone say "I have my Family Tree all the way back to Adam" ? Just think about that statement for a minute. Can you REALLY trace your lineage all the wayContinue reading

All the new indexed records at Family Search in October!

sarahkochmcbrideNovember 10, 2020November 11, 2020
Here is the October Indexing audit over at FamilySearch. This is taken directly from the Family Search Blog: "FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in October of 2020 with over 23 million new indexed familyContinue reading

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