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Top 100 Genealogy websites for 2013 13 me b zola Feb 2013 May 2022 10 49238
Some links to get you started 16 kdmorris Feb 2012 Mar 2021 8 34764
Archived Ancestry/Genealogy Group - From DU2 0 kdmorris Dec 2011 Dec 2011 3 31524
Discovered I'm related to King Louis XVI of France! 6 bif Jun 28 Jun 28 3 655
Can anyone recommend a user-friendly genealogy software program? 6 Wicked Blue Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 1378
A genetic tree as a movie: Moving beyond the still portrait of ancestry 0 erronis Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 777
Genetic testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy 1 Historic NY Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 857
Yay! A genealogy group! 10 OneGrassRoot Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1679
Irish Forfeitures manuscript access Trinity College Library Dublin 10 IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1618
Any Daughters of the American Revolution here? [View all] 56 MoonchildCA Oct 2020 Feb 2025 3 13948
DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest 8 littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 Jan 2025 36 3328
Christopher Columbus may have been a Spanish Jew, according to a new documentary 0 Cattledog Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 1375
I did the 23 and me DNA test 10 bif Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 2431
Can you call a european phone number 8 XanaDUer2 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 1829
Help! Question. 4 XanaDUer2 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 1522
DNA helps adopted people overseas become Irish citizens. 2 OnDoutside Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 1481
Welp, I've decided to try to get Italian dual citizenship 14 CanonRay Jul 2024 Jul 2024 13 2320
How do you correct information on Ancestry.com? 22 bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 Jun 2024 8 7746
Hi there, cousin 0 EYESORE 9001 May 2024 May 2024 6 2408
I keep hitting roadblocks researching my grandparents and their ancestors. 4 no_hypocrisy May 2024 May 2024 4 1542
I've tapped into an otherwise obscure branch of my paternal side of the family. 5 no_hypocrisy Apr 2024 Apr 2024 43 2563
23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki Plans to Take Company Private 0 littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1467
Singer Dionne Warwick Traces Her Family To 1800s: Finding Your Roots 3 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Mar 2024 7 1645
MSN/WSJ: 23andMe's Fall from $6 Billion to Nearly $0 1 Montauk6 Feb 2024 Mar 2024 4 1666
Singer Cyndi Lauper Learns She's Descended from Another Rebel Who 'Fought the Man,' More 4 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Dec 2023 14 3533
To what extent is your "ancestry" part of your family's diet? 33 Model35mech Aug 2023 Dec 2023 7 7183
Two weeks ago, I took a Genealogical Tour 7 no_hypocrisy Sep 2023 Nov 2023 23 5092
Colonial Deerfield, Massachusetts - 1704 Deerfield Raid 6 wnylib Mar 2023 Aug 2023 5 11613
Just got back from serious genealogical research 7 no_hypocrisy Aug 2023 Aug 2023 21 2329
The inheritance of social status: England, 1600 to 2022 0 littlemissmartypants Aug 2023 Aug 2023 10 3331

Ancestry/Genealogy Continued...

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Ancient DNA Reveals A Genetic History of the Viking Age: Smithsonian. Slavery in Viking Society 6 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Aug 2023 11 8062
My father would be 100 years old on Thursday. Original Antifa. 15 Dennis Donovan May 2023 May 2023 16 8653
lest you completely trust dna- 7 mopinko Feb 2023 Mar 2023 8 4118
I just reactivated Ancestry to brush up my family tree a bit. Got a few shockers 14 NewHendoLib Feb 2023 Feb 2023 15 8200
I've been using Ancestry and Family Search for 8 families, but the tree has exploded. 4 Frustratedlady Sep 2022 Jan 2023 1 11178
Interesting find concerning my Confederate ancestor 25 Chainfire Jan 2023 Jan 2023 62 5827
Actor Edward Norton is Direct Descendant of Pocahontas, Records Confirm; Julia Roberts 6 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 6317
My nephew and his daughter visited 2 Marthe48 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 33 2524
I get surprised when people don't know things about 11 Marthe48 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 16 8381
After many years I am getting a marker for my husband 5 Marthe48 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 10 6121
Got my Ancestry DNA back 6 chowmama Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 2891
well, i'm a big step closer to home today. 0 mopinko Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 5105
Got a surprise today 4 Old Crank Aug 2022 Sep 2022 8 2337
Recently I saw Ancestry notes lifespans of people w certain surnames. 22 appalachiablue Mar 2022 Aug 2022 1 9730
well, here's a twist for ya. 9 mopinko Aug 2022 Aug 2022 23 3820
so, can someone w access to irish records do a search for me? 49 mopinko Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 9853
Another WWII mystery - Eleanor Bradley Harris 29 frogmarch Nov 2019 Jul 2022 4 11803
My Carpathian Mountain (Slovakia) Heritage 0 sprinkleeninow Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 4116
Memorial Day memorial. 1 Chainfire May 2022 May 2022 5 2011
Read This Before You Buy a Genetic Testing Kit: Consumer Reports 4 appalachiablue May 2022 May 2022 2 10367
RootsTech 2022 begins tomorrow, March 3 2 Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 Mar 2022 2 2271
How to research the history of your St. Louis home -- and learn all about its past residents 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 4837
Historical Society Offers New Resource For Genealogists 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 2120
According to 23andme, I'm related to Louis XVI! Any other royals here? 15 bif Apr 2019 Feb 2022 2 14538
evidently I made a big mistake on ordering DNA ancestry test kit 7 Grasswire2 Dec 2021 Jan 2022 1 3724
this is crazy. The info on my mom's 1986 death cert is wrong. 12 Grasswire2 Nov 2021 Dec 2021 0 6071
I found another embarrassing ancestor... 4 Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 4785
Consequences of World War I 3 bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 2513
Like a miracle, two obscure cousins came into my life this past week. 2 no_hypocrisy Oct 2021 Oct 2021 12 7791
anyone have a tip to find old professional licenses? 5 mopinko Sep 2021 Sep 2021 0 4220

Ancestry/Genealogy Continued...

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I feel so ripped off--newspapers.com 3 Lulu KC Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 3770
hey there pros. who wants a job? 2 mopinko Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 5615
I spent some time labeling headstone pictures 10 Marthe48 Jun 2021 Jun 2021 10 8351
Explain these cousins to me, please 8 Captain Zero May 2021 May 2021 0 5041
Trump donor buys large stake in Ancestry.com 14 Dem2theMax Aug 2020 May 2021 7 12674
Family surprise! 9 LeftInTX Nov 2018 May 2021 7 7253
Want to learn my mother's birth, marriage and death dates; she died when I was 7 or 8, 10 elleng May 2021 May 2021 8 7316
SPEAKING OF newspapers.com... 3 Montauk6 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 11 7089
I know the 1890 Federal census was destroyed in a 8 Boomerproud Jul 2020 Mar 2021 1 11644
Apache Junction Jane Doe 0 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 2692
"The Woman With No Name" 6 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 6819
Genetic genealogy is helping to crack cold cases and identify victims left nameless for decades. 0 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 7 7063
US Marriage registration records, how to find what they contain ? 5 OnDoutside Feb 2021 Mar 2021 0 4804
I don't know how newspapers.com works. 16 Grasswire2 Jan 2021 Feb 2021 3 5374
well, the adoptees might just be the most fun part of all this. 2 mopinko Feb 2021 Feb 2021 7 8757
Nancy Pelosi, Finding Your Roots airs tonight, PBS 0 littlemissmartypants Jan 2021 Jan 2021 9 3439
well i found an irish cousin. adopted. also, this guy- [View all] 55 mopinko Oct 2020 Dec 2020 13 11192
well, i traced my connection to the great michael dwyer. 16 mopinko Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 6345
Trying to explain bloodlines 36 Marthe48 Aug 2019 Dec 2020 1 6642
I got back into gen. 14 Marthe48 Sep 2020 Dec 2020 1 6593
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