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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Apache Junction Jane Doe 0 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 4109
"The Woman With No Name" 6 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 8656
Genetic genealogy is helping to crack cold cases and identify victims left nameless for decades. 0 CanonRay Mar 2021 Mar 2021 7 8396
US Marriage registration records, how to find what they contain ? 5 OnDoutside Feb 2021 Mar 2021 0 6302
I don't know how newspapers.com works. 16 Grasswire2 Jan 2021 Feb 2021 3 7643
well, the adoptees might just be the most fun part of all this. 2 mopinko Feb 2021 Feb 2021 7 9742
Nancy Pelosi, Finding Your Roots airs tonight, PBS 0 littlemissmartypants Jan 2021 Jan 2021 9 4192
well i found an irish cousin. adopted. also, this guy- [View all] 55 mopinko Oct 2020 Dec 2020 13 19678
well, i traced my connection to the great michael dwyer. 16 mopinko Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 8779
Trying to explain bloodlines 36 Marthe48 Aug 2019 Dec 2020 1 11736
I got back into gen. 14 Marthe48 Sep 2020 Dec 2020 1 8606
so, very strange. i got back into my ancestry account. 16 mopinko Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 10225
WWII mystery 15 frogmarch Oct 2019 Nov 2020 1 7801
holy cow. i sent a message to my nearest dna match. she is adopted. 49 ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 Oct 2020 10 22411
planning a trip to the olde sod this winter. tracing the tree. my heritage 2 ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 Oct 2020 0 4906
Found scrapbook and looking for suggestions for what to do with it. 8 seaglass Dec 2019 Sep 2020 6 11395
I'm meeting my second cousin for the first time next Sunday and 7 no_hypocrisy Oct 2019 Apr 2020 9 11060
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 14842
Baking sourdough bread today 4 Marthe48 Jan 2020 Jan 2020 4 5183
Recipes Dating Back To The Inquistion Reveal A Family's Secret Jewish Roots, NPR 3 appalachiablue Dec 2019 Dec 2019 12 8225
HELP! A non-family member "owns" and controls my grandfather's "Find-a-Grave" page... 12 NurseJackie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 8793
DAR 10 shanti Oct 2019 Dec 2019 0 4919
The genealogy boom has hit a roadblock. The Trump administration plans huge fee hikes for immigratio 2 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 9 7096
Irish Research : Public Records lost during 1922 fire to be recreated through virtual reality 3 OnDoutside Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 5087
How Volunteer Sleuths Identified a Hiker and Her Killer After 36 Years 3 CanonRay May 2019 Nov 2019 13 6802
Arkiv Digital (Swedish) and FindMyPast are free this weekend Nov 8-10 - FYI n/t 1 seaglass Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 6392
The Dionne quintuplets: The exploitation of five girls raised in a 'baby zoo' 2 mfcorey1 Nov 2019 Nov 2019 5 5331
Researching obits - have you run across this and what were your results? 1 seaglass Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 3116
Last Hours of Abraham Lincoln - Alonzo Chappel painting 1 frogmarch Apr 2019 Sep 2019 12 4017
Googling my Dad's WW2 unit this weekend, I found this on eBay! 29 Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 Sep 2019 82 14635

Ancestry/Genealogy Continued...

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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 12348
Surprise, surprise! 6 no_hypocrisy Aug 2019 Sep 2019 1 3613
Thomas Kaine/Kane 0 shraby Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1997
Software for Genealogy 11 QED Jun 2019 Aug 2019 0 5513
I don't know that this is the place to post this 21 blur256 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 7926
Free access to Irish records on ancestry.com today! 0 CountAllVotes Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 2276
DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy 9 CountAllVotes Feb 2019 Mar 2019 6 5922
Help. 1 easttexaslefty Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 2562
Research Advice Requested 4 no_hypocrisy Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 3206
If you're looking for photos of ancestors, people posting to findagrave.com 2 shraby Dec 2018 Dec 2018 10 2842
Immigrant Name Changes 7 no_hypocrisy Jun 2018 Nov 2018 2 4167
Question for you. I need some advice..... 5 Little Star Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 3516
Need one more Fold3 look-up. I promise this is the last one! 5 Dem2theMax Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 3281
Desperately Seeking my Birth Father 9 Lyric Sep 2018 Sep 2018 12 5212
Does anyone have access to Fold3? Need a look-up of possible WWII vet for memorial dedication. 4 Dem2theMax Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 2774
Robert Taylor - sailor-d.1879 0 shraby Sep 2018 Sep 2018 4 2237
A surprise DNA match - how would you handle this? 19 seaglass Jun 2018 Sep 2018 0 6631
ancestry.com DNA results 16 CountAllVotes Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 5911
When researching in old newspapers, don't count on the first name being right. 11 shraby Jun 2018 Jul 2018 2 3723
Another unknown burial 0 shraby Jul 2018 Jul 2018 0 2448
Found a Homer Regan 0 shraby Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 2297
The last township that survived the Highland Clearances 0 csziggy Jun 2018 Jun 2018 13 3017
Question about Ancestry.com: My brother and I have been sharing a membership for a few 4 LuckyLib Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 3497
Please help me with this imponderable. 12 no_hypocrisy May 2018 Jun 2018 3 4431
Family Search.org 14 LeftInTX Nov 2017 May 2018 0 6610
I need help from someone in Brooklyn, N.Y. 13 Delmette2.0 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 5758
Found a George Taft who lived in Chicago 1 shraby Apr 2018 Apr 2018 1 2380
My brother-in-law died on Christmas Day, 2009. 8 cbreezen Feb 2018 Apr 2018 1 4546
Has anyone done research on family from Sweden? 8 seaglass Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 4058
Happy Dyngus Day! 1 Ohiogal Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 2940

Ancestry/Genealogy Continued...

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Anyone looking for this chap? From Boston but buried in Evergreen cem. Manitowoc Wisconsin 0 shraby Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 2182
unknown sailor died 1924 0 shraby Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 2205
Resistance Genealogy 4 Justice Feb 2018 Feb 2018 22 3834
MyHeritage - opinions? 11 seaglass Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 4444
Interesting DNA results Scots, Irish, Brit - North Carolina/Georgia 14 LeftInTX Nov 2017 Jan 2018 4 6191
Anyone who's had DNA testing done... 33 pipi_k Sep 2014 Dec 2017 6 15492
It is next to impossible to do any significant online genealogy research 10 Brother Buzz May 2017 Dec 2017 4 8634
Not sure how to reply 39 CountAllVotes Sep 2017 Nov 2017 0 13157
If anyone wants free old newspapers to go through, google Chronicling America 2 shraby Sep 2017 Oct 2017 10 3114
It happened again. 8 no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 5666
Genealogy and ACA 14 no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 Sep 2017 2 6762
Monumentally bad timing 3 csziggy Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 4318
I hope enough people want to keep this group. 31 Little Star May 2011 Aug 2017 15 17777
Syphilis in the Civil War 17 frogmarch Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 8799
"Waterside" listed as occupation in England during the 1820s 2 csziggy Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 4343
Ancestors your family may not have wanted to recognize... 11 csziggy Apr 2017 Aug 2017 7 8515
I hit a roadblock. 8 no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 Aug 2017 1 4408
More relevations about my grandfather from more than a century ago. 4 no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 Jul 2017 4 3822
Representing DNA data on websites 12 OnDoutside May 2017 May 2017 0 8151
Your thoughts on a record I found on rootsireland, curious... 3 seaglass May 2014 May 2017 0 3462
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