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!

Family Tree • SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022 / VOLUME 23, ISSUE 5

out on a limb

TREE TALK • We asked for interesting facts about your ancestor’s hometown. Here’s how you responded.

Writers in the Family • A family history narrative inspires one researcher to pen the next chapter.

Ancestry Launches SideView

IRELAND RECONSTRUCTS LOST RECORDS

PORTAL OF US HISTORY

FamilySearch Wiki Hits 100,000

NYC VITAL RECORDS ONLINE

Power Tools

branchingout

KEEP OR TOSS? • Declutter your genealogy life with these three steps for determining what to keep and what to trash.

PUBLIC ACCESS • Delve into the massive collections held by the U.S. National Archives. Here’s how to navigate its main website.

The NARA Network

family tree UNIVERSITY • Online Course Calendar

Pomp and Circumstance • Hit the books—yearbooks, that is—with this guide to finding school records online.

ALASKA

TIMELINE

TOOLKIT

INDIANA

TIMELINE

TOOLKIT

Hometown Heroes • These 16 sources will help you pinpoint an immigrant ancestor’s Old World town of origin.

Filipino Family • Jump-start your ancestor search in the Philippines with these tips.

3 Notes About Filipino Genealogy • While the basic rules for tracing Filipino family trees are the same as any other nationality, there are three important caveats that an amateur genealogist interested in Filipino genealogy must be aware of.

TIMELINE

Filipino Genealogy Resources

treetips

Obituaries

At a Glance: Obituary

The Hats Have It • Dapper hats provide time clues in this group photo.

Finding Publications with PERSI • The Periodical Source Index (PERSI) is your portal to millions of genealogy articles, and it’s now searchable for free on the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center website . PERSI catalogs thousands of periodicals, newsletters, magazines and journals that have been published by historical and genealogical organizations over several decades. With more than 3 million searchable entries, PERSI is bound to connect you to something helpful for your genealogy: historical con text, obituaries, land-ownership clues, biographical sketches, published family histories, and more.

Preserving Digital Media

NOW WHAT?

Genealogy Research Destinations

Half-and Removed Relatives

Genealogy Article Reading List • Catalog print or digital articles you want to read or refer to later.

8 Keys to Cemetery Success

CEMETERY DO’S AND DON’TS

TOMBSTONE SYMBOLISM

Search Find a Grave

Search BillionGraves

CONTRIBUTING TO FIND A GRAVE OR BILLIONGRAVES

CEMETERY RECORDS AT A GLANCE • Tombstones aren’t the only records you can find in cemeteries. Here are just a few of the other resources to keep an eye out for when you visit cemetery offices.

4 Places to Look for Cemetery Records

RESOURCES