Academy members can now watch the latest updates from Connie’s interview with Ancestry’s Crista Cowan during RootsTech 2026. Be sure you are logged in and use this link below. https://genealogytv.org/courses/2026-youtube-videos/lessons/new-features-at-ancestry-with-crista-cowan-rootstech-2026/
Ancestry just rolled out several significant updates, and I sat down with Crista to walk through all of them. Here’s what we cover: – Fold3’s 2.4 million Revolutionary War pension images are now full-text searchable thanks to handwriting recognition. That means you can search for any name mentioned in a pension, not just the pensioner.…
Academy members, please use this link to watch the replay of the Feb 25th Q&A Session with chapter markers. No handout and there is a suggested link for one of the questions. https://genealogytv.org/courses/2026-academy-exclusive-lessons/lessons/qa-session-feb-25-2026/
Do you know the Big Four record groups you should search for every ancestor? If you can remember Census, Vital, Land, and Probate, you can build and prove your lineage generation after generation. In this episode of Genealogy TV, we break down: ? What the Big Four are? Why they matter for evidence-based genealogy? How…
Nancy Guthrie has now been missing for several weeks from Tucson, Arizona. As genealogists, there may be a meaningful way we can help. In this video, I walk you step-by-step through how to download your raw DNA data from AncestryDNA and upload it to GEDmatch and Family Tree DNA. Both of these platforms allow users…
