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Just Sent Mail to Find Out About Distant Relatives 9 Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2016 Feb 2017 0 4135

Any Mayflower descends here? 25 Boudica the Lyoness Feb 2016 Feb 2017 2 6644

Irish in the American Civil War 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2344

Any hints on finding photos of ancestors on the Internets? 12 grasswire Sep 2014 Feb 2017 1 6860

23andMe 2 TuxedoKat Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 3028

A New U.S. Budget Blueprint May Affect Genealogists 1 Sherman A1 Jan 2017 Feb 2017 5 2770

Boston Archdiocese creates online database to help Catholics trace family history 1 rug Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 2704

Hey Guys, can anybody tell me 1 Homer Wells Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 2284

Black Friday Deals for DNA Tests? 5 TuxedoKat Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 2814

Crowdsourcing effort to raise money for photo rights for a book 0 csziggy Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 2186

passport records ??? 2 mopinko Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 2344

Could anyone here help me guess at occupation abbreviations? 8 OnionPatch Sep 2016 Oct 2016 1 3564

FindMyPast - Irish records - free through Sep 18. Also Civil Records are now online at 2 seaglass Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 2453

DNA test: Ancestry vs 23andme vs Other? Probably this question has been settled here before 12 UTUSN Apr 2016 Aug 2016 1 9603

My mother was responsible for the declassification of Nazi Propaganda at the OWI 0 cali Aug 2016 Aug 2016 7 2100

What do I do now? 4 no_hypocrisy Dec 2015 May 2016 0 3193

Isn’t this a sweet picture? 4 frogmarch Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 4158

The ‘Secret’ Details in the 1940 Census You May Be Missing 8 CanonRay Sep 2015 Mar 2016 6 4109

Ancestry.com to retire Family Tree Maker software - what software do you use? 5 seaglass Dec 2015 Feb 2016 0 5090

anyone familiar with this Dr. Spence who claims that DNA analysis is a HOAX? 14 grasswire Feb 2015 Jan 2016 1 5083

Anyone ever heard of a "tilet"? 4 csziggy Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 3984

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 dem in texas Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1940

Find My Past is free this weekend - mid day 9/18 thru mid day 9/21 GMT 3 seaglass Sep 2015 Sep 2015 4 2584

Ancestry expert traces Hillary's roots.... 3 Little Star Apr 2015 Aug 2015 4 3892

Don’t let lack of records stop your search 1 csziggy Apr 2015 Apr 2015 9 3233

Article on long-term storage of electronic data 1 HeiressofBickworth Feb 2015 Apr 2015 1 2302

“Who Do You Think You Are?” returns on 3/8/15.. 0 Little Star Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 2465

The Germanna Colony 5 shanti Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 3625

Believe it or not, I knew and loved two of the people in these pictures: 5 IDemo Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 3352

Looking for World War II submariners 5 csziggy Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 3636

Ancestry/Genealogy Continued...

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All of Ireland’s Catholic Church records to go online 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 7 2514

A question about naming conventions of the 18th century. 5 OnionPatch Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 4041

Civil War tragedy 6 csziggy Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 4224

Louisiana Death Index help needed 2 CountAllVotes Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 2780

Is Ancestry.com down? 2 PADemD Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 2673

"Find my past" is free this weekend - starting 11/7 at 12:00 GMT thru 11/10 1 seaglass Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 2633

can you tell the era of this photo? 39 grasswire Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 12520

National Archives - Virtual Genealogy Fair - 10/28, 29 and 30 0 seaglass Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2120

CNN HOSTS JOURNEY TO FIND THEIR “ROOTS” 2 Little Star Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 2855

sometimes family stories of Indian ancestry are totally wrong 10 flyingfysh Nov 2013 Oct 2014 1 5514

Roots Ireland now offering subscription services - starting at 1 month subscription 0 seaglass Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2261

Anyone get the DNA test from Ancestry.com? 39 whathehell Aug 2014 Sep 2014 5 13583

ancestry.com info. 21 CountAllVotes Nov 2012 Sep 2014 2 8428

Who Do You Think You Are, Season 5.... 6 Little Star Jul 2014 Sep 2014 2 3191

A list of my family tree surnames..... [View all] 55 AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 Sep 2014 0 31135

I found a fourth cousin 2 GentryDixon Jul 2014 Aug 2014 5 2596

You know what would be really good of facebook to do? Start an ancestry ancestral 6 applegrove Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 3408

When you can't find a birth record 0 me b zola Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2617

Found while searching online: Saginaw News Dec. 1, 1899: 1 No Vested Interest Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2335

Ahhhh I'm losing my mind! 6 grasswire Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 3428

how do you preserve an aggregate of family memorabilia... 6 grasswire Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 3325

Researchers Discuss Origins of Melungeon Heritage at Annual Event 3 carolinayellowdog Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 2880

TLC's 'Who Do You Think You Are' Season 5...... 1 Little Star Jun 2014 Jul 2014 6 2332

Rootsweb.com -- UPDATE 7 HeiressofBickworth Apr 2014 Jun 2014 5 4221

DNA testing: Let's revisit it. 4 CBHagman Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 4677

Anybody else having issues with Rootsweb today? 3 AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 4716

Ancestry.com has been down since yesterday afternoon 4 CanonRay Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 3112

Family Records and Registers - Library of Congress - ornate forms from 1800s 1 seaglass Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 4547

Re LDS and ancestry.com 3 No Vested Interest Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2615

Ancestry is cancelling MyCanvas and other services as of September 3. 7 DebJ Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 3956

Ancestry/Genealogy Continued...

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My amazing (to me) DU ancestry story 3 cali Jun 2014 Jun 2014 7 3416

Found an ancestor of mine from 12th century Scotland 3 YoungDemCA May 2014 May 2014 0 2799

24 hrs free access to Irish Newspapers - good until 4/17 3 seaglass Apr 2014 May 2014 4 2749

Are there any registered genealogists here ? 1 Boomerproud Apr 2014 May 2014 0 2451

White servitude in Maryland. 2 mia Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2590

Online Civil War records free until April 30 1 dragonlady Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 2064

Free access to Ancestry (local library) 0 Digit Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1958

any I-P109 haplogroup-ers here? 1 grasswire Dec 2013 Apr 2014 1 3106

Which DNA test to order? 2 WolverineDG Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2395

300 year wedding anniversary 0 frogmarch Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2029

You Won’t Believe Who Romney’s Related To.. 12 Little Star Dec 2012 Apr 2014 3 5866

Ancestry Gives Free Access to Irish Records through St. Patrick's Day. 3 CBHagman Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 2625

There was something interesting 3 roguevalley Oct 2013 Mar 2014 4 2741

DNA testing may establish lineage going back more than 500 years 12 Matilda Sep 2012 Mar 2014 7 8973

I just received my 23andMe results. 9 Fridays Child Nov 2013 Mar 2014 6 7085

Question: If bad info is entered into ancestry.com, do they correct it somehow? 28 grasswire Sep 2012 Mar 2014 1 14116

How far can you trace your surname back? 17 YoungDemCA Nov 2013 Mar 2014 0 5811

Newpaper archive sites - Genealogy Bank 7 seaglass Jan 2014 Feb 2014 1 3675

Florida researchers 1 riverwalker Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2577

For all DUers who need help with German/Bavarian genealogy I found a great site by accident 4 Boomerproud Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 3098

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