While the family history records we research and the ancestor stories we uncover stretch back centuries, the tools of our trade remain bang up to date. Check out this round-up of the latest techniques and innovative technology with genealogy researcher Barbara J Starmans. Published in Family Tree UK in January 2017
Crowdsourcing Your Brickwalls
Barbara J Starmans2017-02-20T14:32:16+00:00Barbara J Starmans shares her tried and tested ideas for brickwall-busting by tapping into the collective knowledge of fellow genealogists. Published in Family Tree UK in February 2016
Which Software?
Barbara J Starmans2017-02-20T12:53:30+00:00There are so many choices now when it comes to family history software. How do you know which one to buy? Since you will be spending a lot of your research time working with your genealogy software, it is important to find the program you like and that works best for you. While some programs [...]
Putting it Online
Barbara J Starmans2017-02-20T13:34:02+00:00One rainy Saturday, I found an email waiting in my inbox. The subject line was “Most Wanted – John Bulmer (1823)” and seeing it, I felt a surge of hope that this might be the day that I would finally discover what happened to my three times great-uncle. The email I received turned out to [...]