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NextGen Genealogy: The DNA Connection by David R. Dowell

NextGen Genealogy: The DNA Connection by David R. Dowell links atDNA, mtDNA, xDNA, and yDNA genetic testing to family history and health history research.

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Hubert Patey - an Indentured Servant

I just discovered that one of my ancestors was an indentured servant from England. I had to find out what an indentured servant really was.

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Finding a Grave

I recently became a card-carrying member of findagrave.com. After years of using the site to research my family history, I decided that I would like to give something back.

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Who Are My People?

I’ve done just enough genealogy to raise more questions than find answers about my heritage. I’m not sure why I have to know where my family came from.

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A Lesson Learned Too Late

About 10 years ago I got interested in our family history. It was too late for some of my best sources.

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Should You Try Ancestry.com?

Ancestry.com is probably the best known Genealogy or Family History site in the World. Not sure whether to try it to help you with finding your ancestors and genealogy research?

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Using Ancestry to Trace your Family Tree

I've had a love/hate relationship with Ancestry.com, and its British subsidiary Ancestry.co.uk. But this week I was desperate to get into it again!

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Tips for Finding Your Family Roots

Here's a couple of things I've discovered about finding and saving your family history.

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Finding an Ancestry

Search in a family history and one can see who came before them. It is an interesting quest, and once a heritage emerges one can finally know more about their family of long ago.

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How I Found My Free Family History Program

I've been obsessed with compiling our family history lately. I had to find a way to organize my jumble of papers. I needed to find a genealogy program that would do what I wanted.

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Family History: First Steps in Tracing your Genealogy

You don't have to be a professional to begin adding leaves to your family tree. You begin very close to home.

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Why Trace your Family History?

Enter a world where the true life stories read like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster. This is the saga of your own family's roots.

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How to Use the Internet to Research Your Genealogy

Thousands of websites exist to help you trace your family history on-line. Soon your family tree will be bursting with new leaves.

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Genealogy and the 1940 United States Census

On April 1st 1940, a census was taken in the USA. Those records are now available for those researching their family tree.

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Tribal Pages: Organizing Your Family Tree Online

Placing your genealogy online allows other researchers to find you. It also helps you keep your records in order.

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How To Research and Scrapbook Your Family Tree and History

Want to research your Family Tree or Genealogy and not sure where to start. This page is one of a number which looks at the basics of Family Tree Research

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Family Tree Folders to Organise your Documents

Buy genealogical binders to keep all those papers and photographs tidy, which are otherwise lost to the scrap-heap.

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What is a Census?

When exploring your family tree, censuses can act like a fast-track through the 19th century. Understanding them is vital for your genealogy.

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