The Family Jewels newsletter will teach you great tips to improve your genealogical research. We will also mix in some African American history because we all need to know our history.
Happy New Year – January 2023 Newsletter
Happy New Year! Thank you for subscribing to The Family Jewel's monthly newsletter! When you make your resolutions for the new year, we hope researching your family's history is on that list! If you would like us to discuss a specific topic or have a genealogical...
December 2022 Newsletter
The December newsletter is full of great genealogical and historical information. Thank you for subscribing! If you want us to address a specific topic in upcoming newsletters, send a message to tanya@familymattersgenealogy.com. Researching the 1900 Census We...
Military Records Help Find Your Family Heroes
I always wondered how people found their relatives that fought in the American Revolution. I know people who families have been members of SAR/DAR (Sons/Daughters of the American Revolution) for generations. How did they find them? I was curious to know how they found...
November 2022 Newsletter
Thank you for subscribing to our monthly newsletter! We hope that you enjoy this month’s information. November celebrates Veterans Day and National Native American Heritage Month. If you want us to address a specific topic, send a message to...
Learn Something New About Family History
Welcome to the last blog post for Family History Month! I hope you have enjoyed our discussions about learning how to research your family tree and learn your family history. There are certain misconceptions prevalent in genealogy. Many either misunderstand or misuse...
Funeral Programs are Important Family Documents
As we get closer to Halloween with zombie, skeleton and mummy costumes roaming the earth, we continue our discussion about death and its importance to genealogy. Let's add funeral programs and obituaries to the conversation. As previously stated, it is easier to find...
Wills and Genealogy Are The Perfect Pair
Did you know that this week is National Estate Planning Awareness Week? Yes...it's a thing that the United States House of Representative voted on in 2008. The third week of October is the week that everyone needs to get their *bleep* together before they die. But...
Legacy, Legends and Lies – Family Stories
We all had that one relative in our family that told outrageous stories about our ancestors! These stories were knee slapping, comical tales about how the family came into existence. These stories are important to the development of who we are - it instills a pride in...
Health History is Family History
True Story Family health history is as important as a family's genealogy. In 1997, I was pregnant with my first child. Prior to scheduling my first OBGYN appointment, I received a form in the mail to fill out. One question sent me into a tizzy...Family History. I...
International Family Research
Welcome Back! Family History Month is causing a stir! People are reading my posts and looking into their family's genealogy. That makes my heart sing! In the last post, we discussed finding your ancestors with little available information. I helped a Facebook friend...
Tanya Teat Foreman, Genealogist
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