Discover Your Roots, Part #2: Building Stories and the Anatomy of an Ancestry.com Record
Our family histories are more than just a series of names and dates. Create a narrative of your ancestors’ lives at Ancestry.com.
Continue ReadingOur family histories are more than just a series of names and dates. Create a narrative of your ancestors’ lives at Ancestry.com.
Continue ReadingAncestry DNA brings leaves to my family tree, as I learn more about my family than I could have dreamed.
Continue ReadingPart two in a continuing series about Ancestry.com, this time about the famed filles du roi in Quebec.
Continue ReadingPart one in the adventures of a geek genealogy. Difficulty: dead ends, mysteries, and unusual origins.
Continue ReadingGenealogy DNA tests help you discover your ethnicity and build your family tree.
Continue ReadingFor those who like to dig deeply into researching their family history, being away from their information can be frustrating. Like those of us who like to look up facts on the internet to prove a point to a friend, …
Continue ReadingAnyone with an interest in where they came from can do research into their family history and background. But without a lot of experience, those new to genealogy might not be sure what materials exist, or how or where to …
Continue ReadingAnyone with an interest in where they came from can do research into their family history and background. But without a lot of experience, those new to genealogy might not be sure what materials exist, or how or where to …
Continue ReadingOne of the themes on our extremely long summer road trip is war in the United States, and, specifically, information about my Civil War ancestor, Jeremiah Mosher Sample, who was mortally wounded at Gettysburg. We tried to visit his grave …
Continue ReadingGenealogy isn’t all about names and dates. There is a real personal side to it, if you look past official records and read published histories that include information about your ancestors and the lives they led. I recently found a …
Continue ReadingSome might argue that all genealogy is for geeks. It’s designed for us. Where else do you get to dive into the facts and daily lives of thousands of ancestors? Follow one branch, and that leads to another, and another, …
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