Family Tree

Family Tree Magazine will help point the way toward the best research tools and practices to trace your family's history. Each issue includes tips on locating, collecting, and preserving photos, letters, diaries, church and government records, and other documentation, plus fun articles about creating scrapbooks, organizing family reunions, and vacation ideas that combine history with leisure!

Family Tree • SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2025 / VOLUME 26, ISSUE 5

out on a limb

Letters to the Editor

Web Highlight: Mystery of the Melungeons

Behind the Scenes: Celebrating 90 Years

New Owner for 23andMe

MYHERITAGE EXPANDS NEWSPAPER INDEXES

POPE LEO XIV: FINDING HIS ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES JR.

Ancestry Launches $5,000 Membership • ‘CLUB 1890’ OFFERS ONE-ON-ONE COACHING, PREMIUM FEATURES

Ghosts of the Past

Forgotten, But Not Gone • A chance discovery leads one woman to a trove of records about her family and their community.

CULTURAL ICONS • Decode the “secret language of remembrance” with this visual dictionary of tombstone symbols.

Letters on Tombstones

Zen and the Art of Cemetery Transcription • Record the data etched in tombstones using these tips.

The World Tree • Master the FamilySearch Family Tree—and preserve your research for future generations—in these simple steps.

IDAHO

NORTH CAROLINA

Find Your U.S. Ancestors • Each state-by-state guide includes:

Hitting the Deutsche Mark • Find your Deutschland ancestors with this guide to the basics of German genealogy: records, history, language and more.

CASE STUDY: Translating German Tombstones

FOND MEMORIES • CLASSIC TV | HOLLYWOOD STARS | RETRO CARS | THE MUSIC YOU LOVED

BREAKING NEWS • Read between the lines in historical newspapers to find these 15 critical genealogical details.

treetips

Giving Away the Store • Clothing and father-son relationships shed light on unknown patrons of a general store.

Special US Censuses

Consulting the ISOGG Wiki

Saving Funeral Memorabilia

NOW WHAT?

Creating a File-Backup System

Deleting DNA Data and Samples