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Uncovering and Documenting the Scandals in the Family Tree

In the Feb 7th session, I reveal a scandal I discovered in my family tree.  I share how to document private note...

Since 2011, I have ended every episode of The Barefoot Genealogist with the tag line, "Have fun climbing your family tree."  For me, whether I am making discoveries fast ...

Every year I print my family tree and hang it up where I can see it often. It’s like a map of the journey that I’m on. I want to know where I’ve been. I want to keep trac...

Our January pedigrees & pajamas™ sessions were a grab bag of a little bit of everything genealogy related.  How to get started building a family tree.  How to collaborate...

Based on popular feedback from pajamas & pedigrees members, I opted to use a single family for all three sessions in December.  It gave some continuity to the sessions fo...

When you first start climbing your family tree, you probably don’t even know that you need to take notes.  But, the first time you come back to someone in your tree and d...