Researching Your Heritage: Episode 108
In this May 2017 podcast episode, host Lisa Louise Cooke brings in genealogy research experts Claire Santry and James Beidler to talk about researching ethnic heritage.
May 18, 2017•45 min
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Episodes
Ancestors in the Great War: Episode 107
Learn how to research your ancestors during World War I.
Apr 18, 2017•39 min
Genealogy Websites: Episode 106
In this genealogy podcast episode, discover fabulous online resources for finding your family history and working with the ones you frequent.
Mar 15, 2017•42 min
African-American Genealogy Research: Episode 105
In this month's podcast, we celebrate Black History Month with tips for finding your African-American ancestors.
Feb 15, 2017•31 min
Plan for Genealogy Success in 2017: Episode 104
Kick off the year with these tips to formulate your plan for successful genealogy research.
Jan 18, 2017•35 min
State-Based Ancestry: Episode 103
In this December podcast, we explore state-based genealogy research and the available tools and techniques for discovering our U.S. ancestors.
Dec 15, 2016•34 min
Stepping Into Your Ancestor’s Shoes: Episode 102
Gain invaluable insight into the lives of your ancestors by learning how to use social history to reconstruct their neighborhoods, find new records, and more.
Nov 16, 2016•38 min
Cemeteries and Genealogy: Episode 101
Learn all about what cemetery records you can find and how they can benefit your genealogy research in this month's podcast.
Oct 19, 2016•39 min
Our 100th Podcast Episode!
Family Tree Magazine is celebrating our 100th episode with this special, hour-long podcast. From unusual surnames to special censuses, get the great genealogy search tips and tools, we revisit five highlights from the past few years.
Sep 15, 2016•55 min
Best Genealogy Websites August 2016: Episode 99
In this episode, Lisa Louise Cooke and company discuss the best genealogy websites for 2016, recently published by Family Tree Magazine.
Aug 15, 2016•35 min
Organizing Your Research: Episode 98
The secret to great genealogy: Learn how to organize your family history research with the tips, tools and techniques in this July 2016 podcast.
Jul 15, 2016•38 min
Maximizing Military Records: Episode 97
Follow along with Family Tree University and host Lisa Louise Cooke as we cover the essentials of researching your ancestors' military service.
Jun 16, 2016•42 min
Tracing Hard-to-Find Ancestors: Episode 96
Get genealogy tips for researching those hard-to-find ancestors: using newspaper archives, finding missing people in the census and more.
May 16, 2016•38 min
Tracing Immigrant Ancestors: Episode 95
In this April, 2016 episode of the get the scoop on tracing your immigrant ancestors, from tips on finding German and Eastern European ancestors, to tracing your Irish roots.
Apr 14, 2016•44 min
Online Genealogy Tools and Apps: Episode 94
Learn about some great online tools, apps and resources you can use in your genealogy research.
Mar 15, 2016•45 min
The Best Methods for Searching Your Family Last Names: Episode 93
Get the best genealogy research tips and tools for searching your family's last names - from how to handle common surnames to making use of geographical data.
Feb 17, 2016•43 min
Set Yourself up for Genealogy Success in 2016: Episode 92
Set yourself up to make your genealogy research efforts successful in 2016, with ideas for organizing your work with spreadsheets, top tips for making sure you're adding the correct person to your family tree, and more!
Jan 19, 2016•39 min
Cloud Computing for Genealogists: Episode 91
In this month's episode, wrap up the year with Lisa Louise Cooke and her tips on using the cloud to back up your genealogy research online.
Dec 17, 2015•44 min
Brick Wall Busting Strategies: Episode 90
In this month's episode, learn how to break down those brick walls in your family tree with fantastic tips and tools from Lisa Louise Cooke and her guests.
Nov 16, 2015•45 min
Conquering the Courthouse II: Episode 89
Join Lisa Louise Cooke and guest Sunny Morton to learn four tips to learn how to use courthouse records in your family search and create a plan that will lead to finding good leads, without wasting your time!
Oct 14, 2015•36 min
Organizing Your Genealogy: Episode 88
This episode is all about getting organized so you can quickly store and secure your genealogical findings and build your genealogy portfolio.
Sep 18, 2015•54 min
Best Genealogy Websites of 2015: Episode 87
Get the scoop on the 101 best websites in genealogy and search strategies for maximizing your investigations.
Aug 10, 2015•41 min
Discover Your Roots Hints: Episode 86
This month, learn how to start searching for your family history with hints from Discover Your Roots, Instant Discoveries on MyHeritage, the Family Tree Memory Keeper by Allison Dolan and more.
Jul 16, 2015•45 min
Rooting Out Research Mistakes: Episode 85
This month's theme is Rooting Out Research Mistakes. Lisa interviews contributing editors for tips on how to keep your genealogy clean of errors.
Jun 16, 2015•45 min
Archiving Family Photos: Episode 84
This month we have tips on photo organizing secrets, 25 keepsake family photo projects and Lisa provides strategies for navigating the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.
May 18, 2015•42 min
Source Citations Made Easy: Episode 83
Lisa interviews guests about key strategies for creating simple source citations. Plus, Lisa walks through how to use WorldCat's source documentation tool.
Apr 16, 2015•47 min
Mapping Mania: Episode 82
Lisa interviews guests about mapping strategies, websites to find and use old maps like HistoryGeo, David Rumsey and Google Earth, and the brand new Family Tree Historical Maps Book: Europe.
Mar 16, 2015•38 min
Online Genealogy Hints & Hacks: Episode 81
This month's theme is Online Genealogy Hints and Hacks. We talk about tips for sites from Google to Facebook to FamilySearch.org.
Feb 18, 2015•35 min
The Past & Future of Genealogy: Episode 80
In the 15th Anniversary episode of the podcast, host Lisa Louise Cooke asks the editors and writers of Family Tree Magazine to reminisce about the past decade and a half in genealogy, and to speculate on the future of family history.
Jan 16, 2015•43 min
2014 Genealogy Year in Review: Episode 79
We'll discuss major genealogy news to happen in 2014, the best family history websites of 2014, and tips from the best webinars to take place this year.
Dec 16, 2014•33 min
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