Jeffrey A. Bockman

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Jeff's Articles on Genealogy

Many of these articles are or will become available at Genealogy According to Jeff

Electronic filing of records and using Timelines to help organize online research. "Timelines are especially helpful to organize the little bits of data and to help you find any missing events."

Research in Germany, Netherland, and Belgium. Highlights websites with online digital documents as well as some good how-to and index sites.

Learn about Memorial Resolutions. Many local and state governments, educational institutions, and professional organizations create Memorial Resolutions to honor deceased citizens, friends, and members.

Research in England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and Australia. Highlights websites with online digital documents as well as some good how-to and index sites.

Sites with online images including vital records, city directories, pension applications, pardons, school yearbooks, along with the new offerings from Family Search and the Mega sites.

Looks at the many sites where people can search for online families and looks at many of the issues to consider before joining and posting their own family information.

If you ancestors didn't hand down their stories, this article looks at the various sources to find published and possibly online histories, stories and articles that can help. Timelines and problem solving techniques are also discussed.

An overview of the program that eventually became my new book. Documenting Family Information, Saving Documents, Identifying Photographs, Recording those Family Stories, and Preserving it for future generations.

"Jeff continues writing about brick wall research - this time explaining how you can use DNA and genetic genealogy to overcome tough research problems."

"After almost 20 years of doing family history research, Jeff had been playing a game called "Where's Alvar?" Now Mr. Bockman, using this case study, presents genealogists with methods for breaking not only his brick walls, but theirs."

Leland Meitzler wrote "Jeff Bockman wrote a spectacular article for this issue on finding images of your imigrant ancestor's ship. I knew there was a lot available, but what he found was overwhelming! You're going to love this article!"