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Side Panel Trick on Ancestry – Browse This Collection
Struggling to find an ancestor on Ancestry — even though you know they should be there? In this video, I’ll show you one of the most overlooked (and most powerful) search strategies on Ancestry: using the “Browse This Collection” side panel. Most researchers rely entirely on the regular search box. But when records are mis-indexed,…
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The BIG FOUR Record Groups for Family History & Genealogy
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…
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RootsTech 2026 Expo Hall & Friends
Watch a walk-about at the RootsTech Expo Hall, see some interviews with genealogy industry experts and consumers. If you were not able to attend this year’s RootsTech conference, this video will give you a sense of just how big this conference is… and I wasn’t able to get to all of it in this video.…
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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.…
Past Posts
Side Panel Trick on Ancestry – Browse This Collection
Struggling to find an ancestor on Ancestry — even though you know …
Understanding Enumerators and Their Instructions – Annette Burke Lyttle
Academy members can now watch the replay with chapter markers from Annette's …