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New Features Make it Easier to Find and View Family Records
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Matt Wright
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November 4, 2015
FamilySearch collections are growing every day, adding genealogically relevant sources to one of the largest databases in the world. A key F…
Using PERSI for Genealogy Success
By
Tyler S. Stahle
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December 5, 2016
So you’ve hit a brick wall in your genealogy research? Perhaps you feel like you’ve searched every record and uncovered every document, and …
Tracing German American Immigrants
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Nathan Murphy
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May 9, 2013
Which United States source is most likely to reveal the hometown of a German immigrant? Dr. Roger P. Minert has reached some interesting con…
Translate Your Ancestor's First Name in Different Languages
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Nathan Murphy
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October 18, 2012
World migrations have taken place since the dawn of recorded history. Think Australia, America, Iceland. In modern times, sources document t…
Serving with Lincoln: Finding Your Ancestor’s Indian War Military Service in Pension Files
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Ken Nelson
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November 17, 2016
On the morning of February 11, 1861, the president-elect and future commander-in-chief, Abraham Lincoln, left Springfield for his journey to…
Family History Easy Button: Create New Sources in Family Tree from MyHeritage
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Logan Steele
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September 14, 2016
Every FamilySearch user has been there: you’re on a partner site and have found a new source of information about an ancestor. You want to c…
Creating a New Source in Family Tree
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Lynne C. VanWagenen
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January 16, 2014
When you create a source in Family Tree, you type in its title, citation, and notes. You can also type a URL (website address) or you can up…
Photosharing: Why email an old picture, when you can post and email a link?
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FamilySearch
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February 15, 2013
One of the many prized possessions for genealogists, in addition to record sources, is to find photographs of their ancestors. To add a face…
Free professional research for attaching the 12-millionth source
By
Matt Wright
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November 14, 2013
What is a source? A source is an item—such as a historical record, picture, journal, Bible, or other object—that contains evidence that reco…
Using Alehouse Recognizances to Solve Genealogical Problems
By
Jonesja
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February 1, 2011
Often research problems can only be solved by using sources not typically used for genealogy. Just such a situation occurred as I sought to …
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