How to use the Card Catalog at Ancestry.com

Ancestry’s Card Catalog: Professional Genealogists Tricks: Better than Hints!

This is the #1 way to search on Ancestry to get more results! It’s better than chasing hints. Learn five pro tricks to help you search the Ancestry Card Catalog.  Here we’ll talk about various filter techniques, using wildcards to improve your search, keyword searches, and category searching. 

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