WikiTree Updates 2023

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In this episode we’re getting an update on the latest changes and features at WIkiTree from WikiTree’s own Mindy Silva. WikiTree is a free platform and a great place to look for clues or build your family tree.   It is a collaborative tree, so finding your ancestors on the WikiTree may just unlock hundreds of […]

Repatriation of WWII Soldiers with Cheri Passey

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Cheri Hudson Passey is a professional genealogist who researches for the U.S. Army to help bring home our fallen soldiers from WWII.  Learn how she does this specialized family history repatriation research along with her passion for helping research enslaved ancestors. This story showed an article from the Joint Base Charelston website here https://www.jbcharleston.jb.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/1641750/heroes-return-home-repatriation-of-wwii-remains/  Find […]

Ancestry, If You’re Listening….

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Ancestry, If You’re Listening… After an interview with Ancestry’s own Crista Cowan (while at RootsTech 2023) we talked about all of the new features and some coming soon at Ancestry.com. There were tens of thousands of views and hundreds of comments and feature requests. In this episode I culled those down to about a dozen […]

How to Use Find-A-Grave (FindaGrave.com)

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Learn how to use and some of the tricks to maximize your genealogy research using the Find-A-Grave website. Family historians have been using FindaGrave.com for years, but many skip some important tricks that can help you expand your family tree. Plus, learn how to use the Find-A-Grave mobile app!

AncestryDNA(R) Results

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Learn all about AncestryDNA including ethnicity estimates, cousin matches, and Thrulines(R) and how to use it all to help you with your family history research.

 Archiving Photos & Scrapbooks with Melissa Barker

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Learn from The Archive Lady, Melissa Barker, how to archive photos and scrapbooks. Plus she has tips on digitizing and donating your personal archives to ensure they are not tossed by family after we’re gone.  More about Melissa: ? Blog: http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/ ?  Email for Melissa [email protected]  ?? Epson V600 Flatbed Scanner Melissa talked about. https://amzn.to/3lVyirP […]

Forgotten Genealogy Records

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Here are five genealogy record sets that you might have forgotten about when doing your family history research.