Death Certificates for Genealogy: Reading Between the Lines

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I’m going to teach you how to read between the lines in death certificates, how to find family history clues within them and items of interest to genealogists.  Death certificates are often the first record a family historian finds when researching a new ancestor. I’ll also show you some tips for a research plan created […]

Ancestry Updates for September 2023

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Ancestry has some exciting new updates for September 2023. They’ve added a new fan chart, updated their DNA ethnicity estimates and much more.

Occupations of Our Ancestors

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It’s Labor Day Weekend in the US and I thought it might be fun to talk about the occupations of your ancestors and how they can help you research your family tree.

Maximize Your Ancestry Research: 3 Secrets the Pros Use

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In this webinar we’re talking about “3 Secrets the Pros Use” to maximize your ancestry research. Learn how to find more records beyond the leafy hints, how to use member trees correctly, how to figure out where your ancestors came from without records, how to merge duplicate ancestors, preventing duplicate people, and where to learn […]

 Ancestry’s New Icons and Menus for the Tree View: July-August 2023

Ancestry has a new look on their Ancestry tree. They have moved some features and created some new ones. If you’ve been wondering what some of these icons and menus do, you’re in the right place. I’ll cover all of the new icons, menus, and where to find things on the Ancestry tree view.

Ancestry New Features: June 2023 with Crista Cowan

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Right now (June 2023) Ancestry is rolling out some new features. Some of these are based on your requests. In this interview with Ancestry’s own Crista Cowan, we demonstrate the newest features and product releases, some of which are so new, not even Crista had access to some of them… but I did!

RootsTech 2023 Contest on Genealogy TV

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RootsTech 2023 is going to be In-Person for the first time since the pandemic in Salt Lake City, UT from March 2-4th, 2023. I hope to see you there! Enter for a chance to win a 3 Day In-Person Pass to RootsTech 2023 here https://mailchi.mp/genealogytv.org/rootstech-2023-contest Contest ends midnight (eastern U.S.)  1/29/2023.