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.
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...
Welcome to Family History Month!!!
I am so EXCITED for Family History Month! I had a friend on Facebook ask a question about researching her family. She wanted to know if she did not know the full names and birthdays of her older relatives, could she still have success researching her family roots....
October 2022 Newsletter
Thank you for subscribing to our monthly newsletter! We hope that you enjoy this month's information. If you want us to address a specific topic, send us a message at tanya@familymattersgenealogy.com and we will discuss it in the November 2022 newsletter. Researching...
What to Do with Family Photos After Death
Family Photos Have Life After Death Last week's blog post talked about digital photos vs. printed photos but for our final week of Save Your Photos Month, we will plan for the inevitable, death. Parents buy life insurance to pay for their funerals or to make life...
The Digital Divide
Photos of the Future Last week's blog discussed decluttering photos on our phones. This rolls into this week's blog of digital photos. The current generation is technology savvy and believe and love anything digital. So where does that leave us old school printed...
Tanya Teat Foreman, Genealogist
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