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Beginner Articles
How to Find Your Family History for Free – Getting Started
Free Family History has a nice ring to it! Did you know you don't have to pay for a subscription to anything to be...
7 Great Ways to Use Your iPad for Genealogy and Family History
Did you know your iPad or tablet computer can be one of your best genealogy buddies? It makes it easy to access and...
The Beginning Genealogist’s Biggest Mistake and How to Fix It
I recently heard from a NEW podcast listener named Judie. As a beginning genealogist she excitedly dove into family...
Best Genealogy Software: Which Should You Choose and Why
Just about every major genealogy website these days lets you build your family tree from scratch right on their...
How To Find Your Family Tree Online
As you may have already noticed, a lot of websites these days host millions of family trees: MyHeritage.com,...
Finding Naturalization Records: Where are the Women?
We’re nearing the completion of the enormous Community Indexing Project of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization...
Search the SSDI for Your Family History
Are you tracing the family history of someone who lived in the U.S. during the 20th century? Check out a wonderful...
Adoption and Genealogy: A History of Adoption in the U.S.
Most of us probably have adoptees somewhere on our family trees. Do you know how to research them? It's not the same...