Tag: photos

My Recommendations for Organizing Old Photos

Written by Tiffany on January 17, 2023.

We all know that organizing our photos is a good thing. But we often lack the why behind that duty. I for one haven’t touched my photos in quite some time because in my mind it’s such a daunting task. It’s also not in my wheelhouse when it comes to genealogy. I love photos! I love the stories behind them! But I don’t love...

Reliable Ways to Organize and Store Old Photos

Written by Tiffany on January 11, 2023.

It’s the beginning of another year and I’m thinking of organization once again. It happens every year that I naturally want to organize at the beginning of the year. I usually end up just decluttering my space to get it ready for new research projects or business goals that I have. But I recently received a USB drive full of photos of...

What’s New at Family Search for Connecting Families

Written by Tiffany on May 7, 2021.

Are you a big fan of the Family Search website? Are you a beginner just learning about it? Or are you a family member looking for family connections on this genealogy powerhouse website? It doesn’t matter where you are on your genealogy journey, you can still appreciate the effort that people have put into this website. So I’m sharing...

Organize Your Life History and Find Joy

Written by Tiffany on January 29, 2021.

Are you ready to tackle your life history? What about just doing a page at a time? How do you even organize that without getting overwhelmed? I love life histories! I have always kept journals, albeit not perfectly, but I understand the principle about why we do it. I’ve gone back and read journals from when I was 13, 16, a newlywed, a new...

Create a Genealogy Workflow and Save Energy

Written by Tiffany on January 22, 2021.

Struggling with having an efficient workflow when doing genealogy research? I hear ya! The workflow of anything that we do matters. The genealogy workflow is no different. So I’m sharing my tips for how I create a workflow that works for me. These tips help me stay organized before I start researching, during my research, and after I’m...

What to do When You Have a Full Family Tree

Written by Tiffany on August 22, 2020.

Are you the type of person who has a full family tree? Do you have relatives who are enthusiastic about researching and connecting the family and have “done all of the work”? I get this excuse a lot when I talk with people about their family history. They say all of the work has been done and they know their ancestry for 8+ generations....

Genealogy Gifts for Your Family

Written by Tiffany on November 1, 2019.

Have you started thinking about what to give your family for the holidays coming up? One way to really personalize a gift is to give genealogy gifts. I’ve done this a few times in the past and it’s usually a hit with my family even though they are not into genealogy. Genealogy Gifts Do’sDo be thoughtful when thinking about what...

Documenting Our Ancestor’s Lives

Written by Tiffany on March 9, 2019.

Hi, friends! I hope all is well this week! Any good genealogy gems this week? Wasn’t RootsTech amazing last week. I learned so much about the different aspects of genealogy. I want to focus this week on documenting our genealogy. Why do we search for hours on Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org looking for that elusive record? Why does it matter to...