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class="entry-title">Articles</h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <h2 class="body_text">Recently Published Magazine Articles</h2> <div class="article-frame"><img title="Cold Cases" alt="Cold Cases" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140803095623im_/http://www.lisaalzo.com/assets/images/FTM-MARCH2011-COLDCASESASES-160.jpg" width="160" height="224"/></div> <p class="footer_text">(reprinted with kind permission)</p> <ul class="article-list"> <li class="body_text">“Treasure Hunt” <em>Family Tree Magazine</em>, Jan/Feb 2013</li> <li class="body_text">“Make Every Minute Count: Time Management Tips for the Professional Genealogist,” <em>Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly</em>, September 2012, Volume XXXIV, Number 3.</li> <li class="body_text">“Become an Interactive Genealogist” <em>Internet Genealogy</em>, Oct/Nov 2011</li> <li class="body_text">“The Art of Teaching Genealogy,” <em>Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly</em>, September 2011, Volume XXXIII – Number 3</li> <li class="body_text">“Eastern European Research Made Easier”<em> Family Chronicle Magazine</em>, September/October 2011</li> <li class="body_text">“Skype your Genealogy!” <em>Internet Genealogy</em>, April/May 2011</li> <li class="body_text">“Cool Tools for Publishing Your Family History” <em>Internet Genealogy</em>, April/May 2011</li> <li class="body_text">“Cold Cases” <em>Family Tree</em><em> Magazine</em> March 2011</li> <li class="body_text">“Detour to Your Roots” <em>Family Tree</em><em> Magazine</em> March 2011</li> <li class="body_text">“Road Map to Your Roots” <em>Family Tree Magazine</em>, Jan 2011</li> <li class="body_text">“Buddy System” <em>Family Tree</em><em> Magazine</em> March 2011</li> </ul> <h2 class="body_text" style="clear: both;">Articles Published in 2010</h2> <div class="article-frame" style="margin-bottom: 260px;"><img title="Forged In Steel" alt="Forged In Steel" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140803095623im_/http://www.lisaalzo.com/articles/2010/Forged-In-Steel-160.jpg" width="160" height="207"/></div> <p class="footer_text">(reprinted with kind permission)</p> <ul class="article-list"> <li class="body_text">“Five Ways to Connect With Your Living Kin” <em>Internet Genealogy Magazine聽</em>October/November 2010</li> <li class="body_text">“Want to Record/Write Your Family History? Start Here!” <em>Internet Genealogy Magazine</em> October/November 2010</li> <li class="body_text">“15 Fantastic Sites for Tracing Female Ancestors” <em>Internet Genealogy Magazine聽</em>October/November 2010</li> <li class="body_text">“Thoughts of Self-Publishing” <em>Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly聽</em>September 2010</li> <li class="body_text">“Basic Training”<em>Family Tree Magazine,</em> Novemeber 2010</li> <li class="body_text">“Back to Baltics” <em>Family Tree Magazine,</em> Novemeber 2010</li> <li class="body_text">“Endangered Sources” <em>Family Tree Magazine</em>, August 2010.</li> <li class="body_text">“100 Years of Gratitude:聽 A Granddaughter’s Genealogical Journey” <em>Slovo</em> Summer 2010</li> <li class="body_text">“Getting More from Google” <em>Internet Genealogy</em>, April/May 2010.</li> <li class="body_text">“Ancestral Atlas” <em>Internet Genealogy</em>, April/May 2010.</li> <li class="body_text">“LivingGenealogy”<em>Internet Genealogy</em>, April/May 2010.</li> <li class="body_text">“Cloudy with a Chance of Genealogy” <em>Internet Genealogy</em>, April/May 2010.</li> <li class="body_text">“Cozi Up to Your Genealogy” <em>Internet Genealogy</em>, April/May 2010.</li> <li class="body_text">“Forged In Steel” <em>Ancestry Magazine</em>, January/February 2010</li> <li class="body_text">“Victory in Europe” <em>Family Tree Magazine,</em> January 2010</li> <li class="body_text">“Silent Voices: Identifying the Historical Significance of Slovak Immigrant Women” <em>Jednota</em>, Wednesday February 17, 2010</li> </ul> <h2 style="clear: both;">Articles Published in 2009</h2> <div class="article-frame"><img title="Recession-Proof Your Research" alt="Recession-Proof Your Research" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140803095623im_/http://www.lisaalzo.com/articles/recessproof-fcjulaug09-160.jpg" width="160" height="216"/></div> <ul class="article-list"> <li class="body_text">“Recession-Proof Your Research”聽<em>Family Chronicle</em>,聽July/August 2009</li> <li class="body_text">“Want to Find Long Lost Relatives? Write a Book!”聽聽<em>Family Chronicle</em>, July/August 2009</li> <li class="body_text">“25 Super聽Slovak Sites!”聽<em>Internet Genealogy Magazine</em>, June/July 2009</li> <li class="body_text">“Darkness聽On The Doorstep: A Case Study”聽<em>Internet Genealogy Magazine</em>,聽June/July 2009</li> <li class="body_text">“The Future of Genealogy” <em>Family Chronicle</em>,聽May/June 2009</li> <li class="body_text">“A+ Attendance” <em>Family Chronicle</em>,聽May/June 2009</li> <li class="body_text">“Trouble聽Makers” <em>Family Tree Magazine</em>, May 2009</li> </ul> <h2 style="clear: both;">Articles Published in 2008</h2> <div class="article-frame"><img title="Where are your slovak ancestors really from?" alt="Where are your slovak ancestors really from?" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140803095623im_/http://www.lisaalzo.com/articles/ancestryjan2008slovak-160.jpg" width="160" height="209"/></div> <ul class="article-list"> <li class="body_text">“50 Websites You Might Be聽Missing”聽<em>Internet Genealogy Magazine</em>, September<br/> 2008</li> <li class="body_text">“Genealogy While You Sleep” <em>Internet聽Genealogy Magazine</em>, July 2008</li> <li class="body_text">“What’s Your Type?” <em>Family Tree聽Magazine</em>, March 2008</li> <li class="body_text">“Sister Act” <em>Everton’s Genealogical聽Helper</em>, January/February 2008</li> <li class="body_text">“Where Are Slovak Ancestors Really From?”聽<em>Ancestry Magazine</em>, January/February 2008</li> <li class="body_text">“Unearthing Those Hidden Gems” <em>Internet聽Genealogy Magazine </em>, January 2008</li> <li class="body_text">“Do You Need a Genealogy Agent?” <em>Internet聽Genealogy Magazine </em>, January 2008</li> <li class="body_text">“There’s Something About Mary” <em>Internet聽Genealogy Magazine </em>, January 2008</li> <li class="body_text">“That’s Entertainment!” <em>Family Tree聽Magazine</em>, January 2008</li> <li class="body_text">“Ladies First” <em>Family Tree Magazine</em>,聽January 2008</li> </ul> <h2>Published in 2007</h2> <ul class="article-list"> <li class="body_text">“What’s in That Genealogy Bank?” <em>Internet聽Genealogy Magazine </em>, November 2007</li> <li class="body_text">“Finding your Elusive Eastern European Ancestors: 10聽Myths Busted” <em>Family Chronicle Magazine</em>, August 2007</li> <li class="body_text">“Seven Sins of Genealogists” <em>Family聽Chronicle Magazine</em>, October 2007</li> <li class="body_text">“Super Sources” <em>Family Tree聽Magazine, May 2007 </em></li> <li class="body_text">“If You Don’t Want Them, Shred Them” <em>Nase聽Rodina, Quarterly of the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society聽International</em>, Volume 19, Number 1, March 2007</li> <li class="body_text">“Express Genealogy: 50 Family History Tasks You Can聽Do in 15 Minutes or Less” <em>Family Chronicle Magazine,聽</em>March/April 2006</li> <li class="body_text">“Morse Code:聽 Streamline Your Online聽Research” <em>Internet Genealogy, </em>March 2007</li> <li class="body_text">“23 Websites to Fire Up Your Family History”聽<em>Internet Genealogy, </em>March 2007</li> <li class="body_text">“Austro-Hungarian Research Online”,”Find the聽Celebrity in Your Ancestor” <em>Internet<br/> Genealogy Magazine,</em> January 2007</li> </ul> <h2>Published in 2006</h2> <ul class="article-list"> <li class="body_text">“Customs Made” <em>Family Tree Magazine</em>,聽December 2006</li> <li class="body_text">“Case Study:聽 Searching for Sam”, “Deadfred.com”,<br/> “Virtual聽Cemeteries” <em>Internet Genealogy Magazine,聽</em>October/November 2006</li> <li class="body_text">“20th Century Desperate Housewives”<em>Family聽Chronicle Magazine (10th Anniversary edition), </em>October 2006</li> <li class="body_text">“Effective Online Networking”<em>Family聽Chronicle Magazine,</em> August 2006</li> <li class="body_text">“Now Playing… Genealogy Podcasts”<em> Internet聽Genealogy Magazine,</em> July 2006</li> <li class="body_text">“Online Genealogical Research Communities” p.34,<br/> “Using聽Your Digital Audio Player for Family History” p.55<br/> <em>Internet Genealogy Extra (special online issue), </em>June2006</li> <li class="body_text">“Toning Your Family History Physique”聽<em>Ancestry Magazine, </em>May/June 2006</li> <li class="body_text">“Get in the Game” <em>Family Tree Magazine</em>,聽April 2006</li> <li class="body_text">“12 Steps to Genealogical Fitness” <em>Ancestry聽Daily News,</em> February 2, 2006</li> <li class="body_text">“Journey to the New World: The Ellis Island聽Database” <em>Family Chronicle Magazine,</em> Feb 2006</li> <li class="body_text">“Linkpendium”<em> Internet Genealogy,聽</em>February 2006</li> <li class="body_text"><i>” 365 Ways to Discover Your Roots”</i>聽<em>Family Tree Magazine</em>, February 2006</li> <li class="body_text">“What Do I Care About Those People? They’re聽Dead” <em>Ancestry Daily News,</em> January 24, 2006</li> </ul> <h2>More Articles</h2> <ul class="article-list"> <li class="body_text">“Key Contacts for your research” <em>Family聽Chronicle</em>, December 2005</li> <li class="body_text">” 20+ Great Gifts for Genealogists” <em>Ancestry聽Magazine,</em> November/December 2005</li> <li class="body_text">“Finding Your Elusive Eastern European聽Ancestors” <em>NGS NewsMagazine</em>, Oct/Nov/Dec 2005</li> <li class="body_text">“Surfing for Slovak Ancestors Part 2″聽<em>Ancestry Daily News. </em>December 28, 2005</li> <li class="body_text">“Surfing for Slovak Ancestors Part 1″聽<em>Ancestry Daily News. </em>November 1, 2005</li> <li class="body_text">“Is an Online Genealogy Training Class for You?”聽<em>Family Chronicle Magazine,</em> October 2005</li> <li class="body_text">“DeMystifying Eastern European Research”聽<em>Ancestry Daily News. </em>July 18, 2005</li> <li class="body_text"><em>“Center of Attention “</em> <em>Family Tree聽Magazine, </em>August 2005</li> <li class="body_text"><em>“Virtual Reunion”</em> <em>Family Chronicle,聽</em>July/August 2005</li> <li class="body_text"><em>“Top 20 Sites for Eastern European聽Research”</em> <em>Family Chronicle, </em>May/June 2005</li> <li class="body_text"><em>“Family Reunions”</em> <em>Family聽Chronicle,</em> May/June 2005</li> <li class="body_text"><em>“Learning More About Your Athletic聽Ancestors”</em> <em>Ancestry Magazine</em>, Mar/Apr 2005</li> <li class="body_text"><em>“Telling Stories: Bring Your Family Tree to Life…”</em> <em>Western Pennsylvania History,</em> Fall 2004</li> <li class="body_text"><em>A Beginner鈥檚 Guide to Slovak Research”</em> <em>FEEFHS Journal,</em> Vol. XI, 2003</li> </ul> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> </footer> </article> <div id="comments"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer id="colophon" role="contentinfo"> <div id="copyright">© 2014 Lisa Alzo. 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