Ancestry
Welcome to my Ancestry blog post page — a space where I share whatever’s on my mind about genealogy. Sometimes it’s a tip or trick, sometimes it’s a story from my own family history, and sometimes it’s just something I’ve learned along the way. I post what feels meaningful, not what gets the most clicks — though it’s always nice when others connect with it. The latest post is always featured on my homepage, and this page is where all of my genealogy posts are housed.
Happy sleuthing — Nancy Dru
and let the search‑bar do the rest.
In part one of this blog I will guide you in how to further your ancestry tree with using Catalog Search on FamilySearch. FamilySearch is a free website and all that is required is to setup a free account. Once …
What do know about Ancestry media posting and privacy when you decide to take down, for example, a photo from your public tree? This is something I really didn’t know anything about until recently. This is what happened. I decided …
Ancestry® makes it super easy to add web links to anyone in your personal ancestry tree, whether it is public or a private. In my blogs: Do Special Holidays/Celebrations and Ancestry Have Something in Common? and How To Make Rotten Banana Cake …
One tool I easily use everyday in my ancestry research is the computer screenshot application called Snip & Sketch, formerly called Snipping Tool. All computers have screenshot tools that come on your computer and if you don’t have one you …


