Hi there! I'm Lisa Lisson, and I'm passionate about helping people like you discover their ancestors and expand their family tree without feeling overwhelmed or uncertain about the next steps.
What matters for your research after RootsTech
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Hi, Reader, RootsTech 2026 has wrapped, and I hope you were able to participate and spend some focused time on your genealogy. If you've been following along, you know this event brings a lot of announcements, new tools, and plenty of conversation about where genealogy technology is heading. Some of it will be immediately useful for researchers. Some of it will take time before we see how it fits into everyday research. As always, what interests me most is the practical side: what will actually help researchers move their work forward. Over the past few days I've been paying attention to the tools and updates that might genuinely matter for everyday research. I'll share my takeaways during a YouTube Live tomorrow. 📅 Correction to last week's email: I'll walk through a few of the announcements, talk about what I think you should pay attention to, and share one very practical takeaway researchers can use right now. If you want to join the conversation live, you can watch here: One other quick note during RootsTech week: MyHeritage is offering a special promotion for the the Are You My Cousin? genealogy community right now. If you’ve been thinking about exploring their tools or records, this is a good time to take a look. (Expires 11 March 2026) Hope to see you at the Youtube Live tomorrow! Lisa |
Are You My Cousin? Newsletter
Hi there! I'm Lisa Lisson, and I'm passionate about helping people like you discover their ancestors and expand their family tree without feeling overwhelmed or uncertain about the next steps.
Hi, Reader, As I shared last week, I lost access to a large chunk of my digital life. After a very stressful few week, I have good news! The Are You My Cousin? YouTube channel has been restored. 🎉 It still looks a bit barebones, and it will take me a bit of time to get it looking more organized. But, all of the videos are there. :) The loss to many of my digital assets was not permanent, and I did have backups in place. But this experience got my attention. It also made one thing very clear:...
Hi, Reader, A quick update on something you may have already noticed. My YouTube channel was recently hijacked. I'm working directly with Google and YouTube to get it restored — these things move slowly, but I'm on it. I'll let you know when it's back up. In the meantime, the website is running normally and everything there is fully accessible. Including the minimalist genealogy toolkit. A few of you had trouble reaching it recently — thank you for your patience while I got it sorted. Here's...
Hi, Reader, Ten years ago, I was a "paper based" researcher. Yes, I was moving toward a completely digital system, but I still had a lot of paper. Plus, I had nn elaborate filing system that needed its own management system. Most of the paper is gone now. Good riddance. What's left on my desk is a small collection of tools that actually earn their place, and one upgrade I wish I'd made years earlier. That upgrade? A second monitor. Genealogy is essentially a constant comparison exercise....