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Some links to get you started 17 kdmorris Feb 2012 Feb 3 8 37335

Archived Ancestry/Genealogy Group - From DU2 0 kdmorris Dec 2011 Dec 2011 3 32456

Top 100 Genealogy websites for 2013 13 me b zola Feb 2013 May 2022 10 51248

Just Sent Mail to Find Out About Distant Relatives 9 Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2016 Feb 2017 0 4323

This message was self-deleted by its author 5 AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 May 2012 2 3897

Recipes Dating Back To The Inquistion Reveal A Family's Secret Jewish Roots, NPR 3 appalachiablue Dec 2019 Dec 2019 12 8025

Recently I saw Ancestry notes lifespans of people w certain surnames. 22 appalachiablue Mar 2022 Aug 2022 1 12042

Read This Before You Buy a Genetic Testing Kit: Consumer Reports 4 appalachiablue May 2022 May 2022 2 12813

Actor Edward Norton is Direct Descendant of Pocahontas, Records Confirm; Julia Roberts 6 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 7741

Ancient DNA Reveals A Genetic History of the Viking Age: Smithsonian. Slavery in Viking Society 6 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Aug 2023 11 9618

Singer Cyndi Lauper Learns She's Descended from Another Rebel Who 'Fought the Man,' More 4 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Dec 2023 14 4595

Singer Dionne Warwick Traces Her Family To 1800s: Finding Your Roots 3 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Mar 2024 7 2718

Someone requested information from when my family owned a grain mill in the mid 1800s. My dad 8 applegrove Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 4619

I just got the Family Tree Maker 2012 and it does import data from previous Family Tree Maker 13 applegrove May 2012 May 2012 0 9578

Just brought home tape of my brothers and sisters and I as kids. I thought 0 applegrove Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2204

You know what would be really good of facebook to do? Start an ancestry ancestral 6 applegrove Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 3616

The Patrick Family Thread. 0 AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2379

Any Bozeman family descendants here? 0 AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2813

A list of my family tree surnames..... [View all] 55 AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 Sep 2014 0 32578

Tim & Cassandra Dowling's Genealogy Research. Anybody else seen this yet? (Over 500k people listed!) 8 AverageJoe90 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 6980

Anybody else having issues with Rootsweb today? 3 AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 4891

According to 23andme, I'm related to Louis XVI! Any other royals here? 15 bif Apr 2019 Feb 2022 2 16482

I did the 23 and me DNA test 10 bif Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 3926

Discovered I'm related to King Louis XVI of France! 7 bif Jun 2025 Jul 2025 4 1896

Just got a revised chart from 23 & Me 4 bif Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1043

Has anyone done more than one DNA test? 12 bif Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 1372

I don't know that this is the place to post this 21 blur256 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 6872

For all DUers who need help with German/Bavarian genealogy I found a great site by accident 4 Boomerproud Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 3348

Are there any registered genealogists here ? 1 Boomerproud Apr 2014 May 2014 0 2518

I know the 1890 Federal census was destroyed in a 8 Boomerproud Jul 2020 Mar 2021 1 13066

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Any Mayflower descends here? 25 Boudica the Lyoness Feb 2016 Feb 2017 2 7255

It is next to impossible to do any significant online genealogy research 10 Brother Buzz May 2017 Dec 2017 4 8135

I found another embarrassing ancestor... 4 Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 5894

How do you correct information on Ancestry.com? 22 bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 Jun 2024 8 10364

Consequences of World War I 3 bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 3583

My amazing (to me) DU ancestry story 3 cali Jun 2014 Jun 2014 7 3538

My mother was responsible for the declassification of Nazi Propaganda at the OWI 0 cali Aug 2016 Aug 2016 7 2184

Is anyone else using Find-a-Grave for research? 20 CanonRay Dec 2011 Apr 2012 2 7453

I'm glad they have this group, hope we can keep it going. 22 CanonRay Dec 2011 Dec 2011 6 7038

Didn't know if anyone in Genealogy group caught this thread from science on DNA 1 CanonRay Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2479

Ancestry.com has been down since yesterday afternoon 4 CanonRay Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 3324

The ‘Secret’ Details in the 1940 Census You May Be Missing 8 CanonRay Sep 2015 Mar 2016 6 4306

"Urgent Chrome Update" popping up in Find-a-Grave 3 CanonRay Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 4790

How Volunteer Sleuths Identified a Hiker and Her Killer After 36 Years 3 CanonRay May 2019 Nov 2019 13 6506

Genetic genealogy is helping to crack cold cases and identify victims left nameless for decades. 0 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 7 8067

"The Woman With No Name" 6 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 8032

Apache Junction Jane Doe 0 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 3709

Welp, I've decided to try to get Italian dual citizenship 14 CanonRay Jul 2024 Jul 2024 13 4161

Ancestry has been completely down for quite a while 3 CanonRay Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 916

Explain these cousins to me, please 8 Captain Zero May 2021 May 2021 0 6364

New radio documentary about last summer's Melungeon gathering and DNA discoveries 4 carolinayellowdog Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 6547

Researchers Discuss Origins of Melungeon Heritage at Annual Event 3 carolinayellowdog Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 3022

Christopher Columbus may have been a Spanish Jew, according to a new documentary 0 Cattledog Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 2285

Castle Garden, Ellis Island, and All Other Points of Entry 7 CBHagman May 2012 Jun 2012 4 6591

Searchable Database of New Jersey Records 1 CBHagman Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2755

Ancestry Gives Free Access to Irish Records through St. Patrick's Day. 3 CBHagman Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 2740

DNA testing: Let's revisit it. 4 CBHagman Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 4861

My brother-in-law died on Christmas Day, 2009. 8 cbreezen Feb 2018 Apr 2018 1 4211

Memorial Day memorial. 1 Chainfire May 2022 May 2022 5 2879

Interesting find concerning my Confederate ancestor 25 Chainfire Jan 2023 Jan 2023 62 8603

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Got my Ancestry DNA back 6 chowmama Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 4032

WWII registrations on Ancestry.com 2 CountAllVotes Apr 2012 Apr 2012 4 3094

ancestry.com info. 21 CountAllVotes Nov 2012 Sep 2014 2 9011

Louisiana Death Index help needed 2 CountAllVotes Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 2892

Not sure how to reply 39 CountAllVotes Sep 2017 Nov 2017 0 11058

ancestry.com DNA results 16 CountAllVotes Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 5020

DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy 9 CountAllVotes Feb 2019 Mar 2019 6 5522

Free access to Irish records on ancestry.com today! 0 CountAllVotes Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 2165

Our son had his DNA tested through 23 and Me and it showed that he had a small percentage of 23 Cousin Dupree Aug 2018 Sep 2019 1 11392

FREE access to Ancestry.com New York Records 5 csziggy Feb 2012 Feb 2012 2 7240

Anyone ever heard of a "tilet"? 4 csziggy Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 4155

Who Do You Think You Are? is back! 18 csziggy Feb 2012 May 2012 4 8703

Just found out that an ancestor testified in the Salem Witchcraft Trials 38 csziggy Jan 2012 Jan 2013 8 18905

For well documented ancestors, how much do you put in your software? 6 csziggy Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 4190

What happened to all the old threads from DU2? 5 csziggy Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 3866

Links to Genealogy Books online 4 csziggy Aug 2012 Sep 2012 2 4092

Maps reveal owners of lands taken by Cromwell {Ireland} 4 csziggy May 2013 Jun 2013 5 4665

‘Who Do You Think You Are’ Heads to TLC 11 csziggy May 2013 Jun 2013 5 5306

RTE Sells ‘Genealogy Roadshow’ Format Rights to PBS for US Remake 1 csziggy Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2703

Ordered certificates from the British General Records Office 3 csziggy Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 3387

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