By Lisa Vogele, Genealogist & Certified Travel Advisor (CTA) @ Travel Your Tree With over 30 different DNA kits available to order online, which one will fit your needs?  Yes, it’s true, there are more DNA kits that you can order than the ones you most often see commercials for on TV. Each one has […]

Working on your family history may be easier in the digital age, but actually getting starting can be rather daunting with the plethora of information out there. This is my top five list of FREE websites you can access from your home computer that I find the most useful in research and refer back to […]

By Lisa Vogele, Genealogist & Certified Travel Advisor (CTA) @ Travel Your Tree Gathering what you already know is one of the first steps in starting research on your family tree. Interviewing relatives over the phone or better yet, in person, and looking for clues & documents that already exist can jumpstart your research, save […]

For generations, our ancestors have overcome life’s curveballs that challenge them in ways it’s hard to imagine if you are not directly experiencing them. We have all had pandemic craziness this last year in one way or another. Three books I read reminded me that this pandemic is a challenge we couldn’t predict in life. […]