Family Tree

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!

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Family Tree • NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 / VOLUME 21, ISSUE 6

TREE TALK • We asked about the best genealogy gift you’ve ever received. Here’s how you responded.

everything’srelative

RootsTech 2021 Goes Virtual

SPANISH FLU DEATHS DATABASE

ANCESTRYDNA UPDATES

DNA REVEALS SLAVE TRADE STORIES

Data Breaches: A PSA For User Security

Echoes of the Past

Curds and Whey

Preserving Stuffed Animals

Reconcilable Differences • A volunteer indexer stumbles across a divorce record for two of his relatives who never actually separated.

Tradition-Recording Form • Preserve your family’s holiday traditions for future generations.

branchingout

National Treasures • Find your ancestors across the country with this year’s list of the 75 Best State Genealogy Websites.

Making a List • Check this list (maybe even twice!) for great gift ideas for you and the other genealogists in your life.

STATE GUIDE LOUISIANA

timeline

TOOLKIT

STATE GUIDE WASHINGTON

timeline

TOOLKIT

PILGRIMS’ PRIDE • Celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s landing by discovering how your family lines connect to the famous voyage.

Patriarchs and Matriarchs • Descendants of the Mayflower passengers today trace back only to the following 50 passengers from 26 recognized families:

Social Affairs • LEARN THE WHYS AND HOWS OF YOUR FAMILY HISTORY BY RESEARCHING THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT AFFECTED YOUR ANCESTORS.

Going the Distance • Take your family history interviews online or over the phone with these tips for remotely interviewing relatives.

treetips

The Missing Mrs. • Caption clues suggest an identity. But do they add up in this photo?

Yearbooks

treetips NOW WHAT?

HOW TO Write a Source Citation

ROUNDUP Photo Gift Services

WEBSITE RootsWeb • RootsWeb is a free online genealogy community that’s been around for more than 25 years. Thousands of individuals and groups have shared genealogical data at the site, which is now owned and maintained by Ancestry . Though the site was down for much of 2018, much of its functionality has returned—and it’s still free.

Shared Matches: Related or Not?

2020 Family Tree Magazine Index

FAMILYSEARCH • EDITORS OF FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE AND DANA MCCULLOUGH

THE FAMILYSEARCH FAMILY TREE

SEARCHING FOR RECORDS

VIEWING SEARCH RESULTS

BROWSING RECORDS: STEP BY STEP

USING THE FAMILYSEARCH RESEARCH WIKI

VISITING FAMILY HISTORY CENTERS