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Some links to get you started 16 kdmorris Feb 2012 Mar 2021 7 31964
Archived Ancestry/Genealogy Group - From DU2 0 kdmorris Dec 2011 Dec 2011 3 30489
Top 100 Genealogy websites for 2013 13 me b zola Feb 2013 May 2022 9 46866
Just Sent Mail to Find Out About Distant Relatives 9 Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2016 Feb 2017 0 3127
This message was self-deleted by its author 5 AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 May 2012 2 2851
Recipes Dating Back To The Inquistion Reveal A Family's Secret Jewish Roots, NPR 3 appalachiablue Dec 2019 Dec 2019 12 7002
Recently I saw Ancestry notes lifespans of people w certain surnames. 22 appalachiablue Mar 2022 Aug 2022 1 6992
Read This Before You Buy a Genetic Testing Kit: Consumer Reports 4 appalachiablue May 2022 May 2022 2 8915
Actor Edward Norton is Direct Descendant of Pocahontas, Records Confirm; Julia Roberts 6 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 4979
Ancient DNA Reveals A Genetic History of the Viking Age: Smithsonian. Slavery in Viking Society 6 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Aug 2023 10 6733
Singer Cyndi Lauper Learns She's Descended from Another Rebel Who 'Fought the Man,' More 4 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Dec 2023 14 2257
Singer Dionne Warwick Traces Her Family To 1800s: Finding Your Roots 3 appalachiablue Feb 24 Mar 11 6 404
Someone requested information from when my family owned a grain mill in the mid 1800s. My dad 8 applegrove Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 3265
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 7728
Just brought home tape of my brothers and sisters and I as kids. I thought 0 applegrove Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1541
You know what would be really good of facebook to do? Start an ancestry ancestral 6 applegrove Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2526
The Patrick Family Thread. 0 AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1795
Any Bozeman family descendants here? 0 AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2130
A list of my family tree surnames..... [View all] 55 AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 Sep 2014 0 24197
Tim & Cassandra Dowling's Genealogy Research. Anybody else seen this yet? (Over 500k people listed!) 8 AverageJoe90 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 5626
Anybody else having issues with Rootsweb today? 3 AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 3696
According to 23andme, I'm related to Louis XVI! Any other royals here? 15 bif Apr 2019 Feb 2022 2 11258
I don't know that this is the place to post this 21 blur256 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 4441
For all DUers who need help with German/Bavarian genealogy I found a great site by accident 4 Boomerproud Jan 2014 Jan 2014 5 2225
Are there any registered genealogists here ? 1 Boomerproud Apr 2014 May 2014 0 2018
I know the 1890 Federal census was destroyed in a 8 Boomerproud Jul 2020 Mar 2021 1 10142
Any Mayflower descends here? 25 Boudica the Lyoness Feb 2016 Feb 2017 2 4424
It is next to impossible to do any significant online genealogy research 10 Brother Buzz May 2017 Dec 2017 4 6636
I found another embarrassing ancestor... 4 Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 3630
How do you correct information on Ancestry.com? 21 bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 Mar 14 7 5535

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Consequences of World War I 3 bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 1456
My amazing (to me) DU ancestry story 3 cali Jun 2014 Jun 2014 7 2627
My mother was responsible for the declassification of Nazi Propaganda at the OWI 0 cali Aug 2016 Aug 2016 7 1674
Is anyone else using Find-a-Grave for research? 20 CanonRay Dec 2011 Apr 2012 2 4720
I'm glad they have this group, hope we can keep it going. 22 CanonRay Dec 2011 Dec 2011 6 4540
Didn't know if anyone in Genealogy group caught this thread from science on DNA 1 CanonRay Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1787
Ancestry.com has been down since yesterday afternoon 4 CanonRay Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2373
The ‘Secret’ Details in the 1940 Census You May Be Missing 8 CanonRay Sep 2015 Mar 2016 6 3158
"Urgent Chrome Update" popping up in Find-a-Grave 3 CanonRay Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 3810
How Volunteer Sleuths Identified a Hiker and Her Killer After 36 Years 3 CanonRay May 2019 Nov 2019 13 5527
Genetic genealogy is helping to crack cold cases and identify victims left nameless for decades. 0 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 7 6233
"The Woman With No Name" 6 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 5665
Apache Junction Jane Doe 0 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 1880
Explain these cousins to me, please 8 Captain Zero May 2021 May 2021 0 3446
New radio documentary about last summer's Melungeon gathering and DNA discoveries 4 carolinayellowdog Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 5556
Researchers Discuss Origins of Melungeon Heritage at Annual Event 3 carolinayellowdog Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 2157
Castle Garden, Ellis Island, and All Other Points of Entry 7 CBHagman May 2012 Jun 2012 4 5395
Searchable Database of New Jersey Records 1 CBHagman Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 1890
Ancestry Gives Free Access to Irish Records through St. Patrick's Day. 3 CBHagman Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 2026
DNA testing: Let's revisit it. 4 CBHagman Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 3861
My brother-in-law died on Christmas Day, 2009. 8 cbreezen Feb 2018 Apr 2018 1 2924
Memorial Day memorial. 1 Chainfire May 2022 May 2022 5 1104
Interesting find concerning my Confederate ancestor 25 Chainfire Jan 2023 Jan 2023 61 3145
Got my Ancestry DNA back 6 chowmama Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 1622
WWII registrations on Ancestry.com 2 CountAllVotes Apr 2012 Apr 2012 4 2437
ancestry.com info. 21 CountAllVotes Nov 2012 Sep 2014 2 6823
Louisiana Death Index help needed 2 CountAllVotes Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 2144
Not sure how to reply 39 CountAllVotes Sep 2017 Nov 2017 0 6243
ancestry.com DNA results 16 CountAllVotes Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 2694
DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy 9 CountAllVotes Feb 2019 Mar 2019 6 4267

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Free access to Irish records on ancestry.com today! 0 CountAllVotes Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1662
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 7511
FREE access to Ancestry.com New York Records 5 csziggy Feb 2012 Feb 2012 2 6112
Anyone ever heard of a "tilet"? 4 csziggy Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 3175
Who Do You Think You Are? is back! 18 csziggy Feb 2012 May 2012 4 5959
Just found out that an ancestor testified in the Salem Witchcraft Trials 38 csziggy Jan 2012 Jan 2013 8 14732
For well documented ancestors, how much do you put in your software? 6 csziggy Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 3032
What happened to all the old threads from DU2? 5 csziggy Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 2624
Links to Genealogy Books online 4 csziggy Aug 2012 Sep 2012 2 3033
Maps reveal owners of lands taken by Cromwell {Ireland} 4 csziggy May 2013 Jun 2013 5 3594
‘Who Do You Think You Are’ Heads to TLC 11 csziggy May 2013 Jun 2013 5 3698
RTE Sells ‘Genealogy Roadshow’ Format Rights to PBS for US Remake 1 csziggy Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1944
Ordered certificates from the British General Records Office 3 csziggy Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2522
Civil War tragedy 6 csziggy Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 3157
Looking for World War II submariners 5 csziggy Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 2677
Don’t let lack of records stop your search 1 csziggy Apr 2015 Apr 2015 9 2675
Crowdsourcing effort to raise money for photo rights for a book 0 csziggy Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1688
Ancestors your family may not have wanted to recognize... 11 csziggy Apr 2017 Aug 2017 7 6621
"Waterside" listed as occupation in England during the 1820s 2 csziggy Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 3339
Monumentally bad timing 3 csziggy Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 3293
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