Family Tree Magazine September/October 2026 Digital Edition

What's Inside! Highlights from this issue include: 6 specific steps for busting brick walls in your research Tips for writing must-read family stories using the details in records A genealogist’s guide to US history through six land-acquisition events Free tools at Ancestry.com A FREE Cemetery Research Cheat Sheet Contents Brick by Brick: By Rick Crume. Find your footing and scale your highest research brick walls—one step at a time. Scribe and Seek: By Katharine Andrew. Close your eyes and count to 10—see what details are hiding in the photos and documents you upload to MyHeritage's new Scribe AI tool. Writing a New Narrative: By Aryn S. Youngless. Turn details from genealogy records into vivid, memorable family stories with these strategies. Civil Engineering: By Stephen Wendt. No civil or church records of your German ancestor? No problem. Find them in these censuses and population registers. Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars?: By Andrew Koch. Fifty states, fifty stars. But how and why were they added to the Union? Learn a history of US expansion in six landmark events. Plus! Research Guides: Arkansas and Michigan Stories to Tell Tech News Lisa’s Picks Website Tutorial: The Daughters of the American Revolution Photo Detective Family History Home: What NOT to Preserve Now What From the Archive: Free Tools at Ancestry.com DNA Q&A: Retaking a DNA Test Once you download the September/October 2026 issue of Family Tree Magazine, you’ll need a PDF reader, such as the free Adobe Reader software, to open it. Adobe Reader is available for both Mac and Windows computers.