A Genealogist’s New Year’s Resolutions for 2020

Since it’s that time of year, here are some ideas for New Year’s resolutions for your genealogy research.

  • Join a local genealogy group.
  • Interview your oldest relative.
  • Scan photos and documents and store them in the cloud and/or on storage media devices such as an external hard drive, flash drive, etc.
  • Join an indexing project on FamilySearch.org
  • Listen to a genealogy podcast.
  • Attend the New York State Family History Conference in Albany this September.
  • Share your family history research with family members.
  • Take a DNA test.
  • Watch some of the free webinars posted on this blog.
  • Take advantage of your home library’s free databases such as Ancestry Library Edition, HeritageQuest, Historical New York Times, etc. Many databases can be accessed at home by using your library barcode.

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