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Some links to get you started 17 kdmorris Feb 2012 Feb 3 8 37870

Top 100 Genealogy websites for 2013 13 me b zola Feb 2013 May 2022 10 51634

Archived Ancestry/Genealogy Group - From DU2 0 kdmorris Dec 2011 Dec 2011 3 32615

What's Your Eye Color REALLY Saying About You? - Think Science 3 Rhiannon12866 Dec 25 Feb 22 13 1383

My brother and my wife spent some time 11 multigraincracker Sep 2025 Feb 1 3 2002

I typed to preserve a newspaper article 2 Marthe48 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 886

Can you call a european phone number 9 XanaDUer2 Sep 2024 Nov 2025 0 3674

A recovered photo of my great grandmother 21 EYESORE 9001 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 85 3186

Ancestry has been completely down for quite a while 3 CanonRay Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 1097

Has anyone done more than one DNA test? 12 bif Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 1653

Just got a revised chart from 23 & Me 4 bif Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1205

Part Irish? Surprise ... maybe not 0 LVZ Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 1469

Discovered I'm related to King Louis XVI of France! 7 bif Jun 2025 Jul 2025 4 2093

Can anyone recommend a user-friendly genealogy software program? 6 Wicked Blue Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 2909

A genetic tree as a movie: Moving beyond the still portrait of ancestry 0 erronis Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1815

Genetic testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy 1 Historic NY Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1983

Yay! A genealogy group! 10 OneGrassRoot Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 3543

Irish Forfeitures manuscript access Trinity College Library Dublin 10 IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 4579

Any Daughters of the American Revolution here? [View all] 56 MoonchildCA Oct 2020 Feb 2025 3 20601

DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest 8 littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 Jan 2025 36 5004

Christopher Columbus may have been a Spanish Jew, according to a new documentary 0 Cattledog Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 2423

I did the 23 and me DNA test 10 bif Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 4155

Help! Question. 4 XanaDUer2 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 2988

DNA helps adopted people overseas become Irish citizens. 2 OnDoutside Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 2785

Welp, I've decided to try to get Italian dual citizenship 14 CanonRay Jul 2024 Jul 2024 13 4494

How do you correct information on Ancestry.com? 22 bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 Jun 2024 8 11007

Hi there, cousin 0 EYESORE 9001 May 2024 May 2024 6 3421

I keep hitting roadblocks researching my grandparents and their ancestors. 4 no_hypocrisy May 2024 May 2024 4 2847

I've tapped into an otherwise obscure branch of my paternal side of the family. 5 no_hypocrisy Apr 2024 Apr 2024 43 3929

23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki Plans to Take Company Private 0 littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 2483

Ancestry/Genealogy Continued...

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Singer Dionne Warwick Traces Her Family To 1800s: Finding Your Roots 3 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Mar 2024 7 2878

MSN/WSJ: 23andMe's Fall from $6 Billion to Nearly $0 1 Montauk6 Feb 2024 Mar 2024 4 2829

Singer Cyndi Lauper Learns She's Descended from Another Rebel Who 'Fought the Man,' More 4 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Dec 2023 14 4769

To what extent is your "ancestry" part of your family's diet? 33 Model35mech Aug 2023 Dec 2023 7 11982

Two weeks ago, I took a Genealogical Tour 7 no_hypocrisy Sep 2023 Nov 2023 23 6534

Colonial Deerfield, Massachusetts - 1704 Deerfield Raid 6 wnylib Mar 2023 Aug 2023 5 13115

Just got back from serious genealogical research 7 no_hypocrisy Aug 2023 Aug 2023 21 3797

The inheritance of social status: England, 1600 to 2022 0 littlemissmartypants Aug 2023 Aug 2023 10 5647

Ancient DNA Reveals A Genetic History of the Viking Age: Smithsonian. Slavery in Viking Society 6 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Aug 2023 11 9849

My father would be 100 years old on Thursday. Original Antifa. 15 Dennis Donovan May 2023 May 2023 16 10691

lest you completely trust dna- 7 mopinko Feb 2023 Mar 2023 8 5579

I just reactivated Ancestry to brush up my family tree a bit. Got a few shockers 14 NewHendoLib Feb 2023 Feb 2023 15 10221

I've been using Ancestry and Family Search for 8 families, but the tree has exploded. 4 Frustratedlady Sep 2022 Jan 2023 1 12465

Interesting find concerning my Confederate ancestor 25 Chainfire Jan 2023 Jan 2023 62 9100

Actor Edward Norton is Direct Descendant of Pocahontas, Records Confirm; Julia Roberts 6 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 7957

My nephew and his daughter visited 2 Marthe48 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 33 3542

I get surprised when people don't know things about 11 Marthe48 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 16 10116

After many years I am getting a marker for my husband 5 Marthe48 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 10 7310

Got my Ancestry DNA back 6 chowmama Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 4201

well, i'm a big step closer to home today. 0 mopinko Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 7540

Got a surprise today 4 Old Crank Aug 2022 Sep 2022 8 3504

Recently I saw Ancestry notes lifespans of people w certain surnames. 22 appalachiablue Mar 2022 Aug 2022 1 12579

well, here's a twist for ya. 9 mopinko Aug 2022 Aug 2022 23 5351

so, can someone w access to irish records do a search for me? 49 mopinko Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 15305

Another WWII mystery - Eleanor Bradley Harris 29 frogmarch Nov 2019 Jul 2022 4 15491

My Carpathian Mountain (Slovakia) Heritage 0 sprinkleeninow Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 5131

Memorial Day memorial. 1 Chainfire May 2022 May 2022 5 3012

Read This Before You Buy a Genetic Testing Kit: Consumer Reports 4 appalachiablue May 2022 May 2022 2 12992

RootsTech 2022 begins tomorrow, March 3 2 Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 Mar 2022 2 3309

How to research the history of your St. Louis home -- and learn all about its past residents 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 5983

Ancestry/Genealogy Continued...

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Historical Society Offers New Resource For Genealogists 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 3345

According to 23andme, I'm related to Louis XVI! Any other royals here? 15 bif Apr 2019 Feb 2022 2 16892

evidently I made a big mistake on ordering DNA ancestry test kit 7 Grasswire2 Dec 2021 Jan 2022 1 5218

this is crazy. The info on my mom's 1986 death cert is wrong. 12 Grasswire2 Nov 2021 Dec 2021 0 8007

I found another embarrassing ancestor... 4 Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 6059

Consequences of World War I 3 bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 3737

Like a miracle, two obscure cousins came into my life this past week. 2 no_hypocrisy Oct 2021 Oct 2021 12 8937

anyone have a tip to find old professional licenses? 5 mopinko Sep 2021 Sep 2021 0 5773

I feel so ripped off--newspapers.com 3 Lulu KC Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 5070

hey there pros. who wants a job? 2 mopinko Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 6657

I spent some time labeling headstone pictures 10 Marthe48 Jun 2021 Jun 2021 10 9990

Explain these cousins to me, please 8 Captain Zero May 2021 May 2021 0 6599

Trump donor buys large stake in Ancestry.com 14 Dem2theMax Aug 2020 May 2021 7 14756

Family surprise! 9 LeftInTX Nov 2018 May 2021 7 8799

Want to learn my mother's birth, marriage and death dates; she died when I was 7 or 8, 10 elleng May 2021 May 2021 8 9124

SPEAKING OF newspapers.com... 3 Montauk6 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 11 8273

I know the 1890 Federal census was destroyed in a 8 Boomerproud Jul 2020 Mar 2021 1 13286

Apache Junction Jane Doe 0 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 3860

"The Woman With No Name" 6 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 8226

Genetic genealogy is helping to crack cold cases and identify victims left nameless for decades. 0 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 7 8235

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