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Category: Research Basics

Guidance for the very first steps of your family tree journey. Helping make sure you start tracing your family history on the right path.

 

 

Guidance for the very first steps of your family tree journey. Helping make sure you start tracing your family history on the right path.

 

 

10 Secrets to Finding Ancestors Who Don’t Seem to Exist

10 Secrets to Finding Ancestors Who Don’t Seem to Exist

Anastasia

You know his or her name, but you’re struggling to find anything else. Here are 10 secrets to find people who don’t have a paper trail.

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5 Insanely Easy Ways to Spot Lies in Your Family Tree

5 Insanely Easy Ways to Spot Lies in Your Family Tree

Anastasia

Are your family stories complete myths? Here are 5 sure-fire ways to separate fact and fiction in your family’s stories, myths, rumors.

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3 Time-Saving Tips to Be Sure a Historical Document Is about Your Ancestor

3 Time-Saving Tips to Be Sure a Historical Document Is about Your Ancestor

Anastasia

Discover 3 tips to be sure a historical document is — or is not — about your ancestor and know when to toss out a document or add it to your family tree

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5 MORE Clues You Missed in the 1900 US Census

5 MORE Clues You Missed in the 1900 US Census

Anastasia

You probably aren’t gathering all the information about your family in the 1900 US Census. Here are 5 must-see tricks to ensure you don’t miss a thing.

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5 Vital Clues You Missed in the 1900 US Census

5 Vital Clues You Missed in the 1900 US Census

Anastasia

Most people miss the best information the 1900 US census has to offer about their family! Discover 5 vital clues so you can find them for yours

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The Expert Way to Demolish Roadblocks in Your Family Tree

The Expert Way to Demolish Roadblocks in Your Family Tree

Anastasia

If you can’t find records about an ancestor, try looking at his or her FAN club. You’ll be surprised about the clues you’ll find in other people’s lives.

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The 3 most frightening things about online family trees

The 3 most frightening things about online family trees

Anastasia

Was the step-son the father or was the father the father? This family’s 150-year-old paternity question proves you should never trust info from online family trees.

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Discovering the unnamed boatswain’s mate

Discovering the unnamed boatswain’s mate

Anastasia

Could I find the name of a man Alma Salm had a conversation with 75 years ago? When it comes to family history research, EVERY clue counts.

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