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Connie Knox shares some of the best tools and tips for using the Family Search website. No matter how many times you've used Family Search, there's always something new to explore!

Best Tools on FamilySearch in 2024 Discover why FamilySearch is the ultimate tool for your genealogy research in 2024! In this video, we dive deep into the features and benefits of FamilySearc...

Another great Connie Knox video!

AncestryDNA No Tree No Response Are you struggling to connect with DNA cousins on AncestryDNA who don't have a family tree or simply won't respond to your messages? In this intriguing video...

Enjoy the new Connie Knox video on the collaboration between FTDNA and My Heritage!

FTDNA + MyHeritage Collaboration (September 2024) FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) and MyHeritage have teamed up together. If you have a FTDNA or MyHeritage account and have DNA at either company, you want to see this ...

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Happy Friday! Connie Knox has posted a new video called "Profile Makeover." It deals with tidying up our Ancestry accounts. Enjoy!!

Ancestry Profile Makeover In this video, we will guide you through giving your Ancestry.com profiles a much-needed makeover. Learn how to clean up your family history and make your pr...

Amy Johnson Crow just shared a short, new video about Ancestry's "Enhanced Shared Matches" DNA feature. If you have a tough or tricky DNA mystery, this new feature may be a game changer.

AncestryDNA’s New Match Feature Is a Game Changer! Ancestry just released a new DNA feature that will transform your genetic genealogy research. Check out what it is and how it can help you!➡️ Need to reach o...

Connie Knox went "live" today with her Genealogy TV channel. The topic today was the "FAN Club Next Level Family History Research." FAN equals friends, associates, and neighbors. This video is just over an hour long, but very interesting!!

FAN Club: Next Level Family History Research The FAN Club strategy has been around for years. What is the FAN Club? I'll explain that and take it to the next level. With the recent new technologies in t...

Connie Knox's new video helps us calculate dates. It's not as hard as we sometimes make it. Enjoy!

Calculate Birth Dates from Tombstones and Census Records! (2024) Learn how to calculate birth dates using information found on tombstones and census records in this informative video. By analyzing dates and clues left behi...

Enjoy the new Amy Johnson Crow video about finding death records.

5 Reasons Why You Can't Find a Death Record Here are 5 common reasons why you're not finding your ancestor's death record -- and what you can do about it.

Connie Knox spends some time telling us about the newest and latest features at Ancestry.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zkL3hEDD6g

Newest Features on Ancestry: June 2024 Discover the latest updates and features from Ancestry in June 2024! Stay up to date with the newest tools and enhancements to help you uncover more about yo...

It's Friday, so that means a new Connie Knox video. Today's video is recording of an online session called "Avoid These Mistakes on Ancestry (Ancestry.com" Connie helps navigate the platform to help make our research more effective. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/live/7p-FbLqX1lg

Avoid THESE Mistakes on Ancestry! (Ancestry.com) In this video, we discuss the common mistakes people make when using Ancestry.com and provide valuable tips on how to avoid them. Whether you are just starti...

Hope you enjoy today's new Connie Knox video!

New Timelines Features on Ancestry (2024) Timelines are critical for family history research. Ancestry has some new features in their timelines in the "LifeStory" section of the ancestor profile. Add...

Happy Friday! Connie Knox shares a new video today and it's exciting to see that Connie gets as excited as a kid in a candy store when she makes a discovery! Even after researching for many years, we all have an ancestor who has missing data and it's very exciting when we find a tidbit!!

OMG! The Ultimate Strategy to Find Records What if you can’t find your ancestor in a specific census record? What if you have looked everywhere and can’t find them? That is exactly what happened to me...

Happy Friday!! Here's the new Connie Knox video for this week. Enjoy!!

NEW TODAY! MyHeritage and MyHeritage DNA have some of the most unique tools for genealogy and family history research. You can access genealogy records, see your family tree, ancestral photos, search member trees, and search your genetic genealogy using MyHeritage.com and their exclusive features for family history. https://youtu.be/Eu08j4DFUo4&list=UULFcvpi8XvOScBogIxmarmADw

In this video I'll cover some of their new features and some of my favorites.

When you go to the MyHeritage.com login, straightaway you can explore the MyHeritage Photo Enhancer, animate those ancestor photos, create family history videos, see what is available in records from around the world in so many languages, find other member family trees, research DNA cousins (if you have taken a MyHeritage DNA test or uploaded your DNA from another service like Ancestry.com) and so much more.

MyHeritage also has a free family tree builder for those who want a place to build out free trees online.

I think what makes MyHeritage stand out from the rest of the genealogy online platforms is their DNA tools. Some of these tools are the Auto Clustering feature which takes your DNA cousins and in second groups them into family groups. Also there is the Chromosome Browser that helps you see which segments of your DNA you share with other DNA cousins.
Jump into the video, I'll show you what I'm talking about as well as the MyHeritage.com free tools currently available.

Anyone with New York City records will want to take a peek at these records.

MyHeritage Releases New York City Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Collections We are thrilled to announce the publication of three new and important historical records collections: New York City birth, marriage, and death records.

Connie Knox has provided a new video today! She will give tips and trick for searching Wills and Probates in Family Search and Ancestry.

Find More Wills and Probate Records for Using Both Ancestry and FamilySearch Together Learn how using Ancestry and FamilySearch together can help you find more records so you can build a full probate package of your ancestors. This uses new se...

Have a brick wall? Connie Knox offers some tips and tricks for climbing over the wall.

Conquer Brick Walls in Your Family Tree In this video, we will share essential genealogy tips and tricks to help you conquer those stubborn brick walls in your family tree research. Learn how to ov...

Connie Knox provides us with a new video this morning with a list of Free Genealogy Websites! Enjoy!

Top Free Websites for Family History & Genealogy Research This video has some of the best free websites most have not discovered. These are genealogy gems for finding the history of the places your ancestors lived a...

There are more and more courthouses across the country making records available online.

Courthouse Records Online in North Carolina Learn how to search the county courthouse records online. If the county you are searching in has digitized their records and made them available, they may ha...

Connie Knox brings us a new video today! What do we do with negative findings concerning our genealogical research?

What is Negative Evidence in Genealogy and Family History What do you do when you don’t find the record you expect to find? You have looked high and low and can’t find the records. Do you note the fact that you coul...

Woohoo!! We made it to the Number 1 class of the RootsTech 2024 conference! Enjoy!!

Ta - Da!!! Here's the Number 2 most watched class from the RootsTech 2024 conference!

Here's #3.

Number 4 in the countdown of RootsTech 2024 classes!

Happy Friday with a new Connie Knox video!!

NEW TODAY! Learn about the new genealogy company and family history building platform called Storied from the CEO and founder Kendall Hulet. Storied acquired NewspaperArchives.com which are just some of the records that Storied has to offer. If you want to export your family history into a book, Storied has a great offer you don’t want to miss. https://youtu.be/L0uePpH9_OE

This is not sponsored by Storied and is presented for your information only. Thanks for your support.

Learn more about Storied at https://storied.com/

We're half way thru the Top Ten of RootsTech 2024!

Here's Number 6 in the list of Top Ten classes.

If you’re searching for accessibility and organization in your research, Google’s word processor and spreadsheet programs are just the tools for you! Check out our #6 class from RootsTech 2024 by Amy Carpenter.

Click the link to watch—https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/session/google-docs-and-google-sheets-for-genealogists?cid=SO-00039600

Here's the 7th most popular RootsTech 2024 presentation.

Connie Knox shares her excitement about the new Family Search full text search capability. This is a game changer and I can't wait to see it used for more and more records!

FamilySearch Hidden Records: Full Text Search: 2024 HUGE! Familysearch has created handwriting recognition to search the full text of our ancestors records. This is a game-changer. I'm finding so many records ...

Here's the 7th most popular class at RootsTech 2024.