The Year Ahead – May 21

In the January/February 2024 issue of Family Tree Magazine, they have introduced The Year Ahead, 366 genealogy tips will make 2024 your best research year yet by Lisa A Alzo. Lisa mapped out a day-by-day research plan.

May 21 – Search for your forebears’ death records using Joe Beine’s directory www.deathindexes.com.

Even though some of these links might take you to paid websites such as Ancestry. I find these links helpful in seeing at a glance what might be available. Too many people get stuck using just Ancestry’s basic search page or relying only on their suggested hints. Going directly to a Records Index for a certain state or region is very useful. It also helps you to stay focus by limiting what you will see. Instead of seeing all kinds of general hints, you will only see one type of record, for example: death records.

Therefore, if you have people in your tree who you know can’t still be living and  you don’t have any death information, take today as the day to find those dates.

Remember to have fun and Just do Genealogy!