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No one knew why the kids in 2 Amish families were dying suddenly. Now researchers have some answers 5 Historic NY Jan 2020 Jan 2020 10 13472
Baking sourdough bread today 4 Marthe48 Jan 2020 Jan 2020 4 4011
Recipes Dating Back To The Inquistion Reveal A Family's Secret Jewish Roots, NPR 3 appalachiablue Dec 2019 Dec 2019 12 7290
HELP! A non-family member "owns" and controls my grandfather's "Find-a-Grave" page... 12 NurseJackie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 6648
DAR 10 shanti Oct 2019 Dec 2019 0 3161
The genealogy boom has hit a roadblock. The Trump administration plans huge fee hikes for immigratio 2 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 9 6285
Irish Research : Public Records lost during 1922 fire to be recreated through virtual reality 3 OnDoutside Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 4126
How Volunteer Sleuths Identified a Hiker and Her Killer After 36 Years 3 CanonRay May 2019 Nov 2019 13 5716
Arkiv Digital (Swedish) and FindMyPast are free this weekend Nov 8-10 - FYI n/t 1 seaglass Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 5693
The Dionne quintuplets: The exploitation of five girls raised in a 'baby zoo' 2 mfcorey1 Nov 2019 Nov 2019 5 4616
Researching obits - have you run across this and what were your results? 1 seaglass Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 2526
Last Hours of Abraham Lincoln - Alonzo Chappel painting 1 frogmarch Apr 2019 Sep 2019 12 3384
Googling my Dad's WW2 unit this weekend, I found this on eBay! 29 Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 Sep 2019 82 10443
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 8703
Surprise, surprise! 6 no_hypocrisy Aug 2019 Sep 2019 1 2442
Thomas Kaine/Kane 0 shraby Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1485
Software for Genealogy 11 QED Jun 2019 Aug 2019 0 3951
I don't know that this is the place to post this 21 blur256 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 4601
Free access to Irish records on ancestry.com today! 0 CountAllVotes Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1773
DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy 9 CountAllVotes Feb 2019 Mar 2019 6 4438
Help. 1 easttexaslefty Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1757
Research Advice Requested 4 no_hypocrisy Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 2290
If you're looking for photos of ancestors, people posting to findagrave.com 2 shraby Dec 2018 Dec 2018 10 2247
Immigrant Name Changes 7 no_hypocrisy Jun 2018 Nov 2018 2 2741
Question for you. I need some advice..... 5 Little Star Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 2342
Need one more Fold3 look-up. I promise this is the last one! 5 Dem2theMax Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 2224
Desperately Seeking my Birth Father 9 Lyric Sep 2018 Sep 2018 12 3642
Does anyone have access to Fold3? Need a look-up of possible WWII vet for memorial dedication. 4 Dem2theMax Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1949
Robert Taylor - sailor-d.1879 0 shraby Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 1703
A surprise DNA match - how would you handle this? 19 seaglass Jun 2018 Sep 2018 0 3412

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ancestry.com DNA results 16 CountAllVotes Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 3097
When researching in old newspapers, don't count on the first name being right. 11 shraby Jun 2018 Jul 2018 2 2209
Another unknown burial 0 shraby Jul 2018 Jul 2018 0 1962
Found a Homer Regan 0 shraby Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 1735
The last township that survived the Highland Clearances 0 csziggy Jun 2018 Jun 2018 13 2269
Question about Ancestry.com: My brother and I have been sharing a membership for a few 4 LuckyLib Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 2365
Please help me with this imponderable. 12 no_hypocrisy May 2018 Jun 2018 3 2695
Family Search.org 14 LeftInTX Nov 2017 May 2018 0 4099
I need help from someone in Brooklyn, N.Y. 13 Delmette2.0 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 3392
Found a George Taft who lived in Chicago 1 shraby Apr 2018 Apr 2018 1 1780
My brother-in-law died on Christmas Day, 2009. 8 cbreezen Feb 2018 Apr 2018 1 3169
Has anyone done research on family from Sweden? 8 seaglass Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 2777
Happy Dyngus Day! 1 Ohiogal Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 2287
Anyone looking for this chap? From Boston but buried in Evergreen cem. Manitowoc Wisconsin 0 shraby Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1686
unknown sailor died 1924 0 shraby Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1704
Resistance Genealogy 4 Justice Feb 2018 Feb 2018 22 2661
MyHeritage - opinions? 11 seaglass Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 2527
Interesting DNA results Scots, Irish, Brit - North Carolina/Georgia 14 LeftInTX Nov 2017 Jan 2018 4 3779
Anyone who's had DNA testing done... 33 pipi_k Sep 2014 Dec 2017 6 10873
It is next to impossible to do any significant online genealogy research 10 Brother Buzz May 2017 Dec 2017 4 6859
Not sure how to reply 39 CountAllVotes Sep 2017 Nov 2017 0 6933
If anyone wants free old newspapers to go through, google Chronicling America 2 shraby Sep 2017 Oct 2017 10 2442
It happened again. 8 no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 4275
Genealogy and ACA 14 no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 Sep 2017 2 4343
Monumentally bad timing 3 csziggy Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 3426
I hope enough people want to keep this group. 31 Little Star May 2011 Aug 2017 15 10268
Syphilis in the Civil War 17 frogmarch Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 5906
"Waterside" listed as occupation in England during the 1820s 2 csziggy Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 3500
Ancestors your family may not have wanted to recognize... 11 csziggy Apr 2017 Aug 2017 7 6808
I hit a roadblock. 8 no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 Aug 2017 1 3154

Ancestry/Genealogy Continued...

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More relevations about my grandfather from more than a century ago. 4 no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 Jul 2017 4 2920
Representing DNA data on websites 12 OnDoutside May 2017 May 2017 0 6261
Your thoughts on a record I found on rootsireland, curious... 3 seaglass May 2014 May 2017 0 2632
Just got off the phone with a woman who is my cousin. 9 no_hypocrisy Oct 2015 May 2017 2 3755
National Library of Ireland releases RC parish registers 5 seaglass Jul 2015 Apr 2017 7 3222
Guess what I discovered online? 2 no_hypocrisy Apr 2017 Apr 2017 5 5520
"Urgent Chrome Update" popping up in Find-a-Grave 3 CanonRay Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 3930
Just Sent Mail to Find Out About Distant Relatives 9 Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2016 Feb 2017 0 3349
Any Mayflower descends here? 25 Boudica the Lyoness Feb 2016 Feb 2017 2 5020
Irish in the American Civil War 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2031
Any hints on finding photos of ancestors on the Internets? 12 grasswire Sep 2014 Feb 2017 1 5635
23andMe 2 TuxedoKat Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2466
A New U.S. Budget Blueprint May Affect Genealogists 1 Sherman A1 Jan 2017 Feb 2017 5 2289
Boston Archdiocese creates online database to help Catholics trace family history 1 rug Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 2290
Hey Guys, can anybody tell me 1 Homer Wells Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1950
Black Friday Deals for DNA Tests? 5 TuxedoKat Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 2070
Crowdsourcing effort to raise money for photo rights for a book 0 csziggy Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1814
passport records ??? 2 mopinko Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1945
Could anyone here help me guess at occupation abbreviations? 8 OnionPatch Sep 2016 Oct 2016 1 2806
FindMyPast - Irish records - free through Sep 18. Also Civil Records are now online at 2 seaglass Sep 2016 Sep 2016 0 2061
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