It's Back!

A great show that I love is coming back to televison -- Who Do You Think You Are? This show traces the genealogy of a wide variety of celebrities. This season's celebrities will include Kelly Clarkson, Christina Applegate, Zooey Deschanel and others. However, the show has been moved to TLC. It will premiere Tuesday, July 23 at 9/8c. Will you be watching?

Summer Genealogy Plans

Summer seems to be a great time to look back into your family history. I know that summer is usually the time when it is best to visit genealogy centers, historical societies and grave sites. Some people even work these side trips into their summer vacations.

What are you planning to do this summer to work on your family history project?

Copyrights, Permissions and Other Fun Stuff

Because I'm a writer, I've been wondering about the legalities of my genealogy work. Can I publish some type of work based on research? Are family photographs fair use? These questions have actually kept me from being much more public about my research into my family history. However, I have found some great resources that can help sort all these issues out, and here are a couple:

Family History Etiquette, Ethics, Legalities (from Ancestry.com Wiki)

Copyright Fundamentals for Genealogy by Mike Goad

The Legal Genealogist

What Will You Do with Your Genealogy?

Family history is an exciting thing to explore. You are learning so much about where you and your family came from. You spend countless hours gathering names, dates, locations and stories passed down through generations. Now that you have all of that, what will you do with it?

There are a variety if things you can do with your genealogy research. Many people like to put together information into books for other family members. If the story is compelling enough, it may even make for a good book to publish. You can also put together projects to help teach and inspire others to dig into their own family history.

What are you planing to do with you genealogy?

Getting Stuck

It's inevitable. Unless you know your ancestors are royals, there is a good chance during your hunt for family history that you will hit the brick wall. It's not always permanent though--some people do find a way aroudn those brick walls with additional detective work.

When you seem stuck and can't find a way out of it, here are some tips from an article at World Vital Records that provides ways you can get around this wall and get back to adding to your family history.

Stuck Happens! 13 Things to Do When It Happens to You

 

And remember, you can always let us know about your adventures in the comments section!

Genealogy Infographic

I am currently obsessed with infographics (probably because I see at least one at work every day) and to feed my obsession, I found this great infographic about online family history trends from Archives. Enjoy!