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    Female Ancestors,  Genealogy Research

    More Than One Birth Date For An Ancestor? What To Do!

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    Find more than one birth date for an ancestor? It happens! Explore how to sort out conflicting dates of birth for that ancestor.

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    Women In the Family Tree – Everything You Need To Know

    September 21, 2020
    Looking for a Mother's Day gift for the family historian? Check out the Mother's Day Genealogy Gift Guide! #Mother'sDay #giftguide #genealogy

    Mother’s Day Gift Guide – Genealogy Style!

    April 12, 2017
    Trouble tracing your female ancestors? Do not overlook them in those early pre-1850 census records.

    How To Use Pre-1850 Census Records to Find Your Female Ancestors

    February 6, 2017
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    Female Ancestors,  Genealogy Research

    How To Start Researching Your African American Female Ancestors

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    How to start your genealogy research into your African American female ancestors. Researching female ancestors is challenging, but possible! Genealogy research comes with many challenges, especially with regard to researching certain subsets of our ancestors. Once such group is women. Researching our female ancestors can require even more effort when it comes to those who are of African descent. In this post, I’ll offer a few suggestions for documenting the lives of our African American female ancestors. Like researching any female of days gone by, we often begin with learning everything we can about the men in their lives. Often, women will be mentioned in the records of their husbands,…

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    10 FREE Social History Sites To Improve Your Genealogy Research

    May 11, 2020
    Looking for a Mother's Day gift for the family historian? Check out the Mother's Day Genealogy Gift Guide! #Mother'sDay #giftguide #genealogy

    Mother’s Day Gift Guide – Genealogy Style!

    April 12, 2017
    Trouble tracing your female ancestors? Do not overlook them in those early pre-1850 census records.

    How To Use Pre-1850 Census Records to Find Your Female Ancestors

    February 6, 2017
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    Female Ancestors

    Women In the Family Tree – Everything You Need To Know

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    Genealogy tips and strategies to help you in finding the women in your family tree. Female ancestors do not have to be your brick wall. How many of your genealogy brick walls concern your female ancestors?  Does it feel like the women in your family tree are hiding from you? It may feel that way – it does to me sometimes! – but those female ancestors are just waiting to be found.  I’ve got you covered with this round-up of seven (7) posts here at Are You My Cousin? to help you find all the women in the family tree. 🌳 It’s one-stop shopping! More Websites For Researching Female Ancestors…

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    10 FREE Social History Sites To Improve Your Genealogy Research

    May 11, 2020
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    Women In History – Overcoming the “Just a Housewife” Myth

    August 31, 2020
    Using pre-1850 records to trace your ancestors as children is tough. Resources for finding evidence of your ancestor's minor children!

    Using Pre-1850 Records To Find An Ancestor’s Children

    December 3, 2018
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    Female Ancestors,  Genealogy Research

    Women In History – Overcoming the “Just a Housewife” Myth

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    Female ancestsors and women in history lived full and engaging lives! Learn what genealogy clues can be found for women in the family tree. In this episode of the Are You My Cousin? weekly Youtube Live, Melissa Barker, AKA The Archive Lady, joins me to talk about finding our female ancestors.  Yes, researching the women in our family tree can be tough, BUT….Melissa and I are here to tell you that you DO HAVE Options! Your research will take some effort. That’s okay, though, because we are genealogy researchers and know how to sitck with a search. Just a reminder you will find other articles on finding your female ancestors…

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    Looking for a Mother's Day gift for the family historian? Check out the Mother's Day Genealogy Gift Guide! #Mother'sDay #giftguide #genealogy

    Mother’s Day Gift Guide – Genealogy Style!

    April 12, 2017
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    Can’t Find A Marriage Record For Your Ancestor? 3 Reasons Why!

    June 8, 2020
    Tracking down our female ancestors requires thinking "outside the box". Always focusing on her may not yield our desired results. By taking our focus off of our female ancestor, we can be sure of exhausting all possibilities of finding her in the records.

    How To Track Females in the Family Tree Using the Children’s Records

    February 13, 2017
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Welcome! I’m Lisa. I believe researching your genealogy does not have to be overwhelming. All you need is a solid plan, a genealogy toolbox and the knowledge to use those tools. Read more….

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