The Links will be added after the articles have been posted - This will take a while
Many of the articles still need reformatting and there are no images.
If one is needed then please contact me
A while back I was talking about creating a book based upon my articles with a friend at an FGS Conference and was trying to think of a title. I mentioned that the articles all have a slightly different approach since there were going to be several articles on the same topic in each issue. I said that it was going to be genealogy according to Jeff, when he said that should be the title.
Many of the articles that I wrote for Heritage Quest Magazine and the Everton's Genealogical Helper over the years are being posted here. Newer comments and observations are also being added
Some of the articles will be posted in their entirety while others may be posted in sections, revised, or have comments added.
Many have become Lecture Topics.
Table of Contents
Getting Started
A Gift That Money Can't Buy - the Book
A Gift That Money Can't Buy
Everton's Genealogical Helper November/December 2007, page 54
Home Sources - view the list
Family Group Sheet - view the form
Ancestor Chart - view the form
Vital Records & Events
Birth Records & Their Alternatives
Heritage Quest Magazine, August 2004, page 38
Marriage Records - Till Death Do Us Part
Heritage Quest Magazine, Sept/Oct 2004
Death Records - What Did Your Ancestors Leave You?
Heritage Quest Magazine, 2004
Memorial Resolutions - Whereas
62-5 Everton's Sept/Oct 2008 p 30
Cemetery Records
Search High & Low, Above & Below
Heritage Quest Magazine, Issue #107, Sept/Oct 2003, page 36
Cemetery Tool
GATJ - 2010
Census
Making Sense of the Census
Are Your Ancestors Hiding in the 20th Century Census?
Heritage Quest Magazine, Issue #98, Mar/Apr 2002, page 30
DNA
Drilling Down for DNA - Searching for candidates
Everton's Genealogical Helper September/October 2007, page 28
Immigrants
Immigration
Naturalization
They Came on This Ship - Finding Ship Images online
Internet
Locations
Pinpointing Where Your Family Lived
Heritage Quest Magazine, March/April 2004, page 38
Everton's articles on the Best Online Sites
Newspapers
Extra! Extra! Read All About Your Ancestors
Heritage Quest Magazine, Issue #106, July/Aug 2003, page 38
Maps
Historical Maps Can Help
Heritage Quest Magazine, Issue #105, May/June 2003, page 42
Other Topics
The "Finding Your Roots" Effect
Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy & History, Fall 2024, page 51
Jewish Genealogical Society of Southwest Florida newsletter - Summer 2025
Problem Solving & Research
Organization for Hunter Gatherers
Digital Genealogist, Vol 2 #6, 2008 Nov/Dec page 20
What’s In a Name? Surnames in Family Research
Heritage Quest Magazine, Issue #111, June 2004, page 32
Heritage Quest Magazine, Issue #94, July/Aug 2001, page 110
Heritage Quest Magazine, Issue #82, July/Aug 1999, page 24
Finding Alvar A Not So Great Dane
Evertons July/Aug 2007 page 40
A Gift 2012
I Can't Tell a Lie I Chopped Down My Royal Family Tree (original article)
(edited heavily and published as Research A Royal Line)
Heritage Quest Magazine, Issue #103, Jan/Feb 2003, page 16
50 Years of Wrong Does Not Make It Correct - 2024 - link to the pdf version
Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy & History, Summer 2024, page 14
Caskieben Connections Proven False
Johnson DNA Project, May 2021
Research Trips
Genealogy Vacation
Heritage Quest Magazine, Issue #99, May/June 2002, page 30
Connecting With My Grandfather - trip to France
A Gift - 2012 edition & information at Alenjes.com
Society Management
Why Should A Genealogical Society Give Records Away? - my first article
FGS Forum, Winter 1997, Page 25
Future of Genealogy
The List - The future of Genealogy
Heritage Quest Magazine, Issue #82 - Nov/Dec 1998, page 15
Another Look at the Future - (without images)
Everton's Genealogical Helper November/December 2006, page 55
Building a Single Family Tree
Currently posted at Genealogy Blog