General Resources: Tips & Tricks

Calendar Labs
Generate a calendar for any month and year (especially helpful for use with historical newspapers when trying to determine a date ...

Cemetery Essentials for the Genealogist
Tips for what to take on your cemetery visit

Common Historical Nicknames
This large list of male and female names with their historical nicknames is helpful when determining identities if a listed ...

Inflation Calculator
Enter a dollar amount and the year and the inflation calculator will show you how much that same amount would ...

Use Google Books to Get Free Copies of Pages of Family History Library Books
The Family History Library in SLC has a free lookup service for their genealogy book and microfilm holdings. The FamilySearch ...

Restricting Search Results
If you've been searching for information on a particular person for some time, you will find that you see the ...