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Female Ancestors

Discover specialized research strategies, record types, and search methods to find the hidden stories of your female ancestors, overcome maiden name challenges, and give voice to the women who shaped your family history but were often overlooked in traditional records.

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10 FREE Social History Sites To Improve Your Genealogy Research

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Research

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

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Female Ancestors

How To Start Researching Your African American Female Ancestors

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Female Ancestors

Women In the Family Tree – Everything You Need To Know

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Research

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

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Can’t Find A Marriage Record For Your Ancestor? 3 Reasons Why!

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Researching Female Ancestors? You Can Overcome Those Research Roadblocks!

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

Research

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

Tracking down our female ancestors requires thinking "outside the box".  Always focusing on her may not yield the 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.

Research

Tracing Female Ancestors Through A Child’s Records

How to research and find an illegitimate ancestor is challenging for the most seasoned genealogy researcher. Explore these tips and types of records for clues to your ancestor's parents.

How To

How To Research Your Illegitimate Ancestors

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

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Mother’s Day Gift Guide – Genealogy Style!

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.

Research

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

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

How To

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

Besides great recipes, did you know there is a wealth of genealogical information found in historical church and local cookbooks?

Research

How to Use Vintage Cookbooks in Your Genealogy Research

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