Stop Overlooking These 3 Totally FREE Genealogy Research Tools

[@lutkeone]

My favorite is Google Books. For one of my ancestors i found seven or eight copies of the same book and assumed that they were all the same. Boy was i wrong. I only gleened information from one. A few months later I went back to the same person and chose to review all eight versions. So glad I did. One of the versions not only mentioned him, but also had a picture which others did not. In my research I learned to investigate more clues in Google Books before moving on.

[@LisaLissonAYMC]

Wow, that's a fantastic find! Good for you for going back to those other versions. It's a good reminder for me to do so as well.

[@suzannemcclendon]

That is awesome!

[@tltuttle2613]

Thank you for the heads up on all these tools

[@franchahadera6927]

Been doing gen for 50 years and I didn't know about them/ Heading for the sites. PS love your glasses.

[@jessicawetsit2346]

I used Google Books to obtain a pdf copy of Forty Years A Fur Trader, it's the diary of Charles Larpentuer, he married one of my great great grandmothers, named Makes Cloud. So she is in their and details of how she was killed and much more

[@LisaLissonAYMC]

Wow, what an incredible find! I just love using Google books, because you can find these types of gems.

[@elohrey9613]

Thank you for sharing! I’m excited to start using these resources in my research 😁 Lookout ancestors, here I come!

[@marylanzel-springer7113]

Great info! What’s the best way to organize your scanned photos? Best way to label scanned photos?

[@larryhuggins3892]

I am struggling to find any information on my husband's mother. No birth certificate or record of her birth. We found that she was buried in NY, but the person at cemetery said there is no record of her there. It's like she disappeared. Thank you for your free sites, I will be cking out worldcat & Google books. Thank you for dedication & sharing!!! Sandy

[@LisaLissonAYMC]

Good luck with your research!

[@questforagarden9699]

Great information! Thank you!

[@kangel1561]

Thank you for this video! I was familiar with google books, but had never heard of archive grid! How exciting to find a new source of information!!! :)

[@dsbennett]

Great information. Now I have to watch all your videos.

[@LisaLissonAYMC]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@margaretford1011]

I have used Google Books for town and county histories, city directories, and some published genealogies.

[@phylliszibbel4962]

I proved my Mayflower descendancy with the help of Google books.

[@LisaLissonAYMC]

Yay for Google Books! So excited you made such a discovery.

[@SharonMarieG]

My cousin traced us to John Howland. Are we related?

[@d1mples91]

How exactly do you use Google Books? Never heard of it.

[@darleneedwards5688]

This is all new to me since I don't know much about my family

[@cathyb6358]

I am going to try these sources now starting with the third one.

[@cypersurfer]

Yes I used good books for my Evans family they were in the Washington state history. excellent source

[@GaryCameron780]

I wasn't aware of any of these until today. Thank you.

[@angiekabukuru2557]

Great video! You are awesome!!!

[@stevelaursen1691]

if someone pops up in a tree. how do I find out the connection to me. it stops with that person. thanks

[@LisaLissonAYMC]

That can be tough. First reach out to the person whose tree you find that name and work together. Often, they have info that can help. Otherwise, you need to research that person out to see how the might possibly fit in your family tree.

[@MeloraHiler]

I have made several requests for inter-library loans related to family histories, and other very local information. Almost 100% of the time these requests are denied because the repositories won't loan them out.

[@LisaLissonAYMC]

I've had that happen, but have been able to get many. If more than one library has a copy, you can try requesting from a different one possibly (if that's an option). The other thing you can do is reach out to the library who holds the book and discuss with them options. They may be able to do a search of the book for you or you may need to hire a researcher in the area to check it out for you.

[@rachelosiria7865]

Thank you for this video

[@benwob2]

You are very helpful, however, many libraries will not loan genealogy materials. Bill😮

[@nana3491-w7b]

I put in a name and archive grid gave me 20 places where he wasn't. No help

[@LisaLissonAYMC]

ArchiveGrid is more for finding special collections based on family surnames, locations, topics etc. Unless an ancestor was famous or well known, searching on an individual's name doesn't yield good results. Here's a step by step post on using ArchiveGrid for genealogy research: lisalisson.com/archivegrid-genealogy-research/

[@lisamcpherson8947]

Am searching for my father children’s am the oldest he died in America his is name is Dolphy McPherson i find one so far mother name is Daisy McDonald

[@JCouv52]

Click Bait...incomplete story, and provided link to FULL STORY does not work! Tagged this channel as "Do No Recommend"

[@karenib1669]

I found a lot of good information on GoogleBooks on my ancestor, Phineas Pratt.