In this episode we’re learning how to avoid making mistakes on Ancestry.com. Specifically we’re talking about member trees, accidentally creating duplicate ancestors, getting the most out of the hinting feature, AncestryDNA’s ThruLines, and news about your ethnicity estimates.
How many records are enough to prove your family history? One of the most misunderstood concepts in genealogy is Reasonably Exhaustive Research—the first standard of the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS)....
Use Revolutionary War records to verify disputed service history. Follow along as I research a soldier at the NC State Archives. Genealogy research often hits a wall when service records...
