Have you searched on the new FamilySearch Labs site?

I wrote a bit back about volunteering to index records for FamilySearch. See that post here. Did you know that some of the efforts by all these volunteers are already available? Best of all, they’re totally FREE and include not only the index, but scans of the...

Remember to backup your data

Computers are quirky. You just never know when something is going to go wrong with them. You want to make sure that you have multiple copies of your data. Imagine how devastated you'd be to lose your family database or all the scanned photos that a distant cousin emailed to you.

2GB of free online storage

I found a site that allows you 2 GB of free online backup.  You download a little program and mark what files you want backed up.  You perform an inital backup and then it will automatically backup your files for you when they are changed.  I...

Too Many First Names – the Palmers

I’ve been having a particular problem in researching my Palmer family.  Although I seem to find records on them, they’ve either changed their birthdate or first name.  I don’t think I’ll ever be confident that I have them right.

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