Genealogical New Year’s Resolutions 2019

  1. Put names on photos! If I have sifted through one box of “unmarked” photos, I have sifted through 100! Make it your resolution to mark your photos and help those researchers who follow you.Record the history of your own recent family!
  2. Preserve your documents and photographs digitally.
  3. Research the history of the area your ancestors lived in, it may give you extra insight into their choices in life.
  4. Understand the changes that laws may have made in your ancestors’ lives, religious freedom, poor laws, reasons for movement to other areas.