Ancestry.com has been offering some very good instructional videos on YouTube. On Monday a video was uploaded that gives some excellent searching tips by one of the staff members who works in that department. I listened to the video shown above, titled "Secrets to Searching Ancestry.com". Click on the photo to go to it.
One interesting point that I learned that I didn't already know was that when you do an "Advanced Search" and enter a death date for an individual, the only results that will show up will include that death date. That means NO CENSUS records would appear in the search results, since census records don't give death dates. The search results don't show what you already know about the person, they only give records that have the information in them that you entered in the search form.
You can learn this and many other valuable searching techniques by watching this video.
My husband asked me recently "What's the first thing you do when you start to research a family?" I told him I start a new file on RootsMagic, enter the information I've been given by the person requesting my research, then I start my search at Ancestry.com. On their YouTube channel, Ancestry.com offers 100 videos with instruction for genealogy research. At this link, you'll find a 20 minute video by "Ancestry Anne" explaining how to start and conduct complete research at Ancestry.com. http://youtu.be/DIje7zcZLVQ
Crista Cowan of Ancestry.com has prepared a 20 minute video explaining the best search methods for death records at Ancestry.com in the video at this link on YouTube: http://youtu.be/iwz6891V4do.
Here is a link to a video on YouTube that was created by a teacher to instruct students about Ellis Island. The soundtrack by The Irish Tenors is the song "Isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears" the story of Annie Moore's entrance to America.
I often advise our Consultants to have a Google account. Today this short paragraph was published in the Logan Family History Center newsletter:
Google for Genealogists on YouTube
Google is a "MUST" for genealogy research. To get the most out of Google, there are a series of 5 videos on YouTube that will help you learn how to use this powerful tool. Part 1 discusses basic Google searches, Par1 2 explains techniques for finding genealogical information on the web. Part 3 & 4 talk about organizing your genealogy and part 5 discusses publishing it. Submitted by: David Winkler
