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MFH7 Newsletter, Apr-May 24
In 2024 we’ve been talking about getting our family history research out there. Heck, we’ve spent all this time documenting our...
makefamilyhistory7
May 8, 20241 min read
January 2024 Newsletter
https://youtu.be/1sZD7vdnNvA Making Family History wishes you a Happy New Year and welcomes you to 2024! I've been vlogging about...
makefamilyhistory7
Jan 4, 20241 min read
December 2023 Newsletter
There have been recent changes to Make Family History 7. I will be producing more videos, sending out a monthly newsletter and telling...
makefamilyhistory7
Dec 24, 20231 min read
Heirloom Sleuth
Still trying to figure out who a particular heirloom belonged to? Start by dating it. This lets you match it to a specific generation. ...
makefamilyhistory7
Jun 1, 20212 min read
Chronology Sleuth
Chronology helps us see facts about our ancestor’s lives otherwise obscured. With it, we can envision family dynamics and ask the right...
makefamilyhistory7
May 4, 20212 min read
Old Professions
My ancestors were hucksters according to the census. That sounds negative to me. And, when I check the dictionary, it infers that the...
makefamilyhistory7
Apr 1, 20212 min read
Your Parents as Your Ancestors
I never thought of my parents as my ancestors until now. I have not documented places they lived nor years and places of study. I am...
makefamilyhistory7
Mar 1, 20212 min read
Don’t Lose Valuable Family History to Estate Cleaning
Will there be an estate to tend to in the future? Start planning now. Other family members will see papers as trash rather than...
makefamilyhistory7
Feb 1, 20212 min read
Destination Ancestor
Happy 2021 to all my readers. Let’s start off this new year with a topic that I find fun; researching the history of a town where my...
makefamilyhistory7
Jan 7, 20212 min read
Throw Your Ancestors a Life Preserver
More and more, I am using social media to enhance my family history research. Facebook has been at the pinnacle of this social media...
makefamilyhistory7
Dec 1, 20202 min read
Open an Oven to the Past
When doing genealogy, the information about our ancestors grows scant, we need all the hints we can get to know more about our ancestors...
makefamilyhistory7
Oct 30, 20202 min read
DIY Family History Book
A lot of people I meet want to create a family history book and haven’t gotten started yet because they are not writers and don’t know...
makefamilyhistory7
Sep 29, 20203 min read
Know Your Ancestors from Photos
Retelling the story of your ancestor’s life? Look at your old photos again. They are riddled with information which, when complemented...
makefamilyhistory7
Aug 1, 20202 min read
Save Your Family
I read a post about an online family tree, the culmination of twenty years of research, taken down from a popular genealogy site. The...
makefamilyhistory7
Jul 1, 20202 min read
Is the Family Story True? Confirming Family Lore
I know that family historians are not going stir crazy during these stay-at-home times. We know how to keep busy yet our research these...
makefamilyhistory7
Jun 1, 20204 min read
Gathering Memories & Heirlooms
There is plenty of planning to do when loved ones get older; last wishes, financial organizing and wills. But what of the sentimental...
makefamilyhistory7
May 1, 20202 min read
It's About Them; Family Member Interviewing
If there is one thing certain in this life it is that we will grow old and, then, fall into the ancestor category. As the family...
makefamilyhistory7
Apr 1, 20203 min read
What's an Heirloom?
Painted portraits of ancestors are high on the list of valued family heirlooms. Family treasures for many people are those which hold...
makefamilyhistory7
Mar 1, 20202 min read
Take a Crack at It
Nothing creates a larger brick wall to genealogy research than a foreign language. Documents brought with immigrants were written in...
makefamilyhistory7
Feb 1, 20203 min read
The Winding Path to Family History
I started to do genealogy work before I was interested in family history. If you stop to think about it; you did too. HEIRLOOMS My path...
makefamilyhistory7
Jan 1, 20203 min read
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