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Surprise, surprise! 6 no_hypocrisy Aug 2019 Sep 2019 1 2318
Software for Genealogy 11 QED Jun 2019 Aug 2019 0 3728
How Volunteer Sleuths Identified a Hiker and Her Killer After 36 Years 3 CanonRay May 2019 Nov 2019 13 5529
According to 23andme, I'm related to Louis XVI! Any other royals here? 15 bif Apr 2019 Feb 2022 2 11263
Last Hours of Abraham Lincoln - Alonzo Chappel painting 1 frogmarch Apr 2019 Sep 2019 12 3233
I don't know that this is the place to post this 21 blur256 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 4445
Free access to Irish records on ancestry.com today! 0 CountAllVotes Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1664
DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy 9 CountAllVotes Feb 2019 Mar 2019 6 4268
Help. 1 easttexaslefty Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1654
Research Advice Requested 4 no_hypocrisy Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 2109
If you're looking for photos of ancestors, people posting to findagrave.com 2 shraby Dec 2018 Dec 2018 10 2150
Family surprise! 9 LeftInTX Nov 2018 May 2021 7 5794
Question for you. I need some advice..... 5 Little Star Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 2196
Desperately Seeking my Birth Father 9 Lyric Sep 2018 Sep 2018 12 3386
Need one more Fold3 look-up. I promise this is the last one! 5 Dem2theMax Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 2090
Does anyone have access to Fold3? Need a look-up of possible WWII vet for memorial dedication. 4 Dem2theMax Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1828
Robert Taylor - sailor-d.1879 0 shraby Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 1616
ancestry.com DNA results 16 CountAllVotes Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 2697
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
Another unknown burial 0 shraby Jul 2018 Jul 2018 0 1856
Found a Homer Regan 0 shraby Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 1629
Immigrant Name Changes 7 no_hypocrisy Jun 2018 Nov 2018 2 2563
The last township that survived the Highland Clearances 0 csziggy Jun 2018 Jun 2018 13 2101
When researching in old newspapers, don't count on the first name being right. 11 shraby Jun 2018 Jul 2018 2 2048
Question about Ancestry.com: My brother and I have been sharing a membership for a few 4 LuckyLib Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 2213
A surprise DNA match - how would you handle this? 19 seaglass Jun 2018 Sep 2018 0 3221
Please help me with this imponderable. 12 no_hypocrisy May 2018 Jun 2018 3 2535
I need help from someone in Brooklyn, N.Y. 13 Delmette2.0 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 3180
Found a George Taft who lived in Chicago 1 shraby Apr 2018 Apr 2018 1 1687
Has anyone done research on family from Sweden? 8 seaglass Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 2569

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Happy Dyngus Day! 1 Ohiogal Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 2179
Anyone looking for this chap? From Boston but buried in Evergreen cem. Manitowoc Wisconsin 0 shraby Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1587
unknown sailor died 1924 0 shraby Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1598
My brother-in-law died on Christmas Day, 2009. 8 cbreezen Feb 2018 Apr 2018 1 2926
Resistance Genealogy 4 Justice Feb 2018 Feb 2018 22 2555
MyHeritage - opinions? 11 seaglass Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 2374
Family Search.org 14 LeftInTX Nov 2017 May 2018 0 3719
Interesting DNA results Scots, Irish, Brit - North Carolina/Georgia 14 LeftInTX Nov 2017 Jan 2018 4 3510
It happened again. 8 no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 4128
Not sure how to reply 39 CountAllVotes Sep 2017 Nov 2017 0 6247
If anyone wants free old newspapers to go through, google Chronicling America 2 shraby Sep 2017 Oct 2017 10 2358
Monumentally bad timing 3 csziggy Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 3296
Syphilis in the Civil War 17 frogmarch Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 5432
"Waterside" listed as occupation in England during the 1820s 2 csziggy Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 3341
I hit a roadblock. 8 no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 Aug 2017 1 3011
Genealogy and ACA 14 no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 Sep 2017 2 4010
More relevations about my grandfather from more than a century ago. 4 no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 Jul 2017 4 2785
Representing DNA data on websites 12 OnDoutside May 2017 May 2017 0 6076
It is next to impossible to do any significant online genealogy research 10 Brother Buzz May 2017 Dec 2017 4 6639
Guess what I discovered online? 2 no_hypocrisy Apr 2017 Apr 2017 5 5409
Ancestors your family may not have wanted to recognize... 11 csziggy Apr 2017 Aug 2017 7 6623
"Urgent Chrome Update" popping up in Find-a-Grave 3 CanonRay Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 3812
Irish in the American Civil War 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 1924
23andMe 2 TuxedoKat Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2301
A New U.S. Budget Blueprint May Affect Genealogists 1 Sherman A1 Jan 2017 Feb 2017 5 2130
Boston Archdiocese creates online database to help Catholics trace family history 1 rug Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 2157
Hey Guys, can anybody tell me 1 Homer Wells Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1856
Crowdsourcing effort to raise money for photo rights for a book 0 csziggy Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1691
Black Friday Deals for DNA Tests? 5 TuxedoKat Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1915
Just Sent Mail to Find Out About Distant Relatives 9 Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2016 Feb 2017 0 3129

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passport records ??? 2 mopinko Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1846
Could anyone here help me guess at occupation abbreviations? 8 OnionPatch Sep 2016 Oct 2016 1 2638
FindMyPast - Irish records - free through Sep 18. Also Civil Records are now online at 2 seaglass Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 1953
My mother was responsible for the declassification of Nazi Propaganda at the OWI 0 cali Aug 2016 Aug 2016 7 1676
DNA test: Ancestry vs 23andme vs Other? Probably this question has been settled here before 12 UTUSN Apr 2016 Aug 2016 1 8231
Isn’t this a sweet picture? 4 frogmarch Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 3498
Any Mayflower descends here? 25 Boudica the Lyoness Feb 2016 Feb 2017 2 4427
What do I do now? 4 no_hypocrisy Dec 2015 May 2016 0 2563
Ancestry.com to retire Family Tree Maker software - what software do you use? 5 seaglass Dec 2015 Feb 2016 0 4153
Anyone ever heard of a "tilet"? 4 csziggy Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 3176
Just got off the phone with a woman who is my cousin. 9 no_hypocrisy Oct 2015 May 2017 2 3485
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 dem in texas Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1527
Find My Past is free this weekend - mid day 9/18 thru mid day 9/21 GMT 3 seaglass Sep 2015 Sep 2015 4 1924
The ‘Secret’ Details in the 1940 Census You May Be Missing 8 CanonRay Sep 2015 Mar 2016 6 3159
National Library of Ireland releases RC parish registers 5 seaglass Jul 2015 Apr 2017 7 3087
Ancestry expert traces Hillary's roots.... 3 Little Star Apr 2015 Aug 2015 4 3191
Don’t let lack of records stop your search 1 csziggy Apr 2015 Apr 2015 9 2676
“Who Do You Think You Are?” returns on 3/8/15.. 0 Little Star Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 1863
anyone familiar with this Dr. Spence who claims that DNA analysis is a HOAX? 14 grasswire Feb 2015 Jan 2016 1 3533
Article on long-term storage of electronic data 1 HeiressofBickworth Feb 2015 Apr 2015 1 1792
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