Category Archives: User Tips Ancestry.com

Bring Your Family Tree into the 21st Century: 7 “Tech” Items for Everyone

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Blog Admin

If you have collected someone else’s research from the 1990’s or before you have an idea of what a daunting task it is to take all of that written work, files, photocopies, notes, etc. and try to digitize and bring to a new life on the internet and the computer. Continue reading →

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Organize Your Family Tree: 10 Dollar Store “Budget” Items to Get You Started

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Blog Admin

If you’ve decided 2021 is the year to really “ORGANIZE” your family tree I’ve got 10 items you can get at the dollar store that won’t break your bank. Continue reading →

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Order Your Ancestry DNA Kit on Amazon – Free Shipping for Prime Members

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Blog Admin

The DNA testing continues! Thus far I have done the autosomal DNA testing through AncestryDNA for myself, my husband, my parents and my 91 year old grandmother. Continue reading →

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Family Tree for Beginners: “Dummies” if you prefer…7 Free books to help you get started

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Blog Admin

Great News! You decided to start working on your family tree! Now what!? Family tree research can be a bit overwhelming. Continue reading →

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From Mountains to Megabytes: Organizing and Archiving Your Stuff: Pictures and Stories RootsTech Session 2019

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Blog Admin

Where do you start with your family tree research and organizing a massive amount of family history? This is a great session from RootsTech – about an hour of very helpful information! Continue reading →

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RootsTech 2021 – Free Online! February 25-27, 2021

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Blog Admin

Tens of thousands of people attend RootsTech every year and this year you can to! Continue reading →

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Tracing African-American Enslaved Peoples & Families: 10 Free books to get you started

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Blog Admin

Tracing African-American enslaved people in your family tree can be more difficult at times. Here is a Free book list of helpful resources from the Internet Archive. Continue reading →

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Starting an Ancestry Family Tree – Part 2 – Exploring Features

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Blog Admin

Part 2 of the video tutorial series of starting a new family tree. This video covers the next steps in setting up a new tree and helps you explore the features you will use. This video is about 15 minutes. Continue reading →

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Starting an Ancestry Family Tree – Part 1 – Starting a new tree

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Blog Admin

This is a video tutorial series for beginners that want to start building a family tree. Continue reading →

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Treasure Trove of FREE Records: InternetArchive.org

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Blog Admin

InternetArchive.org – Treasure Trove of Free Information! Continue reading →

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