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US Marriage registration records, how to find what they contain ? 5 OnDoutside Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 5756
I don't know how newspapers.com works. 16 Grasswire2 Jan 2021 Feb 2021 3 6594
well, the adoptees might just be the most fun part of all this. 2 mopinko Feb 2021 Feb 2021 7 9412
Nancy Pelosi, Finding Your Roots airs tonight, PBS 0 littlemissmartypants Jan 2021 Jan 2021 9 3949
well i found an irish cousin. adopted. also, this guy- [View all] 55 mopinko Oct 2020 Dec 2020 13 14091
well, i traced my connection to the great michael dwyer. 16 mopinko Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 7347
Trying to explain bloodlines 36 Marthe48 Aug 2019 Dec 2020 1 8612
I got back into gen. 14 Marthe48 Sep 2020 Dec 2020 1 7611
so, very strange. i got back into my ancestry account. 16 mopinko Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 9314
WWII mystery 15 frogmarch Oct 2019 Nov 2020 1 6804
holy cow. i sent a message to my nearest dna match. she is adopted. 49 ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 Oct 2020 9 18030
planning a trip to the olde sod this winter. tracing the tree. my heritage 2 ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 Oct 2020 0 4664
Found scrapbook and looking for suggestions for what to do with it. 8 seaglass Dec 2019 Sep 2020 6 10902
I'm meeting my second cousin for the first time next Sunday and 7 no_hypocrisy Oct 2019 Apr 2020 9 10564
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 14363
Baking sourdough bread today 4 Marthe48 Jan 2020 Jan 2020 4 4791
Recipes Dating Back To The Inquistion Reveal A Family's Secret Jewish Roots, NPR 3 appalachiablue Dec 2019 Dec 2019 12 7958
HELP! A non-family member "owns" and controls my grandfather's "Find-a-Grave" page... 12 NurseJackie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 8110
DAR 10 shanti Oct 2019 Dec 2019 0 4171
The genealogy boom has hit a roadblock. The Trump administration plans huge fee hikes for immigratio 2 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 9 6844
Irish Research : Public Records lost during 1922 fire to be recreated through virtual reality 3 OnDoutside Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 4789
How Volunteer Sleuths Identified a Hiker and Her Killer After 36 Years 3 CanonRay May 2019 Nov 2019 13 6398
Arkiv Digital (Swedish) and FindMyPast are free this weekend Nov 8-10 - FYI n/t 1 seaglass Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 6184
The Dionne quintuplets: The exploitation of five girls raised in a 'baby zoo' 2 mfcorey1 Nov 2019 Nov 2019 5 5089
Researching obits - have you run across this and what were your results? 1 seaglass Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 2904
Last Hours of Abraham Lincoln - Alonzo Chappel painting 1 frogmarch Apr 2019 Sep 2019 12 3839
Googling my Dad's WW2 unit this weekend, I found this on eBay! 29 Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 Sep 2019 82 12962
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 10916
Surprise, surprise! 6 no_hypocrisy Aug 2019 Sep 2019 1 3165
Thomas Kaine/Kane 0 shraby Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1815

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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Software for Genealogy 11 QED Jun 2019 Aug 2019 0 4948
I don't know that this is the place to post this 21 blur256 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 6579
Free access to Irish records on ancestry.com today! 0 CountAllVotes Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 2117
DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy 9 CountAllVotes Feb 2019 Mar 2019 6 5369
Help. 1 easttexaslefty Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 2255
Research Advice Requested 4 no_hypocrisy Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 2898
If you're looking for photos of ancestors, people posting to findagrave.com 2 shraby Dec 2018 Dec 2018 10 2643
Immigrant Name Changes 7 no_hypocrisy Jun 2018 Nov 2018 2 3621
Question for you. I need some advice..... 5 Little Star Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 3029
Need one more Fold3 look-up. I promise this is the last one! 5 Dem2theMax Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 2865
Desperately Seeking my Birth Father 9 Lyric Sep 2018 Sep 2018 12 4620
Does anyone have access to Fold3? Need a look-up of possible WWII vet for memorial dedication. 4 Dem2theMax Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 2495
Robert Taylor - sailor-d.1879 0 shraby Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 2065
A surprise DNA match - how would you handle this? 19 seaglass Jun 2018 Sep 2018 0 4954
ancestry.com DNA results 16 CountAllVotes Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 4731
When researching in old newspapers, don't count on the first name being right. 11 shraby Jun 2018 Jul 2018 2 3064
Another unknown burial 0 shraby Jul 2018 Jul 2018 0 2296
Found a Homer Regan 0 shraby Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 2096
The last township that survived the Highland Clearances 0 csziggy Jun 2018 Jun 2018 13 2771
Question about Ancestry.com: My brother and I have been sharing a membership for a few 4 LuckyLib Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 3091
Please help me with this imponderable. 12 no_hypocrisy May 2018 Jun 2018 3 3725
Family Search.org 14 LeftInTX Nov 2017 May 2018 0 5583
I need help from someone in Brooklyn, N.Y. 13 Delmette2.0 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 4770
Found a George Taft who lived in Chicago 1 shraby Apr 2018 Apr 2018 1 2186
My brother-in-law died on Christmas Day, 2009. 8 cbreezen Feb 2018 Apr 2018 1 4104
Has anyone done research on family from Sweden? 8 seaglass Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 3559
Happy Dyngus Day! 1 Ohiogal Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 2714
Anyone looking for this chap? From Boston but buried in Evergreen cem. Manitowoc Wisconsin 0 shraby Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 2012
unknown sailor died 1924 0 shraby Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 2005
Resistance Genealogy 4 Justice Feb 2018 Feb 2018 22 3381

Ancestry/Genealogy Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
MyHeritage - opinions? 11 seaglass Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 3623
Interesting DNA results Scots, Irish, Brit - North Carolina/Georgia 14 LeftInTX Nov 2017 Jan 2018 4 5220
Anyone who's had DNA testing done... 33 pipi_k Sep 2014 Dec 2017 6 13481
It is next to impossible to do any significant online genealogy research 10 Brother Buzz May 2017 Dec 2017 4 7967
Not sure how to reply 39 CountAllVotes Sep 2017 Nov 2017 0 10290
If anyone wants free old newspapers to go through, google Chronicling America 2 shraby Sep 2017 Oct 2017 10 2876
It happened again. 8 no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 5140
Genealogy and ACA 14 no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 Sep 2017 2 5702
Monumentally bad timing 3 csziggy Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 4001
I hope enough people want to keep this group. 31 Little Star May 2011 Aug 2017 15 14286
Syphilis in the Civil War 17 frogmarch Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 7656
"Waterside" listed as occupation in England during the 1820s 2 csziggy Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 4084
Ancestors your family may not have wanted to recognize... 11 csziggy Apr 2017 Aug 2017 7 7898
I hit a roadblock. 8 no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 Aug 2017 1 3927
More relevations about my grandfather from more than a century ago. 4 no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 Jul 2017 4 3510
Representing DNA data on websites 12 OnDoutside May 2017 May 2017 0 7498
Your thoughts on a record I found on rootsireland, curious... 3 seaglass May 2014 May 2017 0 3181
Just got off the phone with a woman who is my cousin. 9 no_hypocrisy Oct 2015 May 2017 2 4640
National Library of Ireland releases RC parish registers 5 seaglass Jul 2015 Apr 2017 7 3705
Guess what I discovered online? 2 no_hypocrisy Apr 2017 Apr 2017 5 5921
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