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    Find Hidden American Ancestors in British Records

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      Should you research overseas records for your American ancestors? Yes! Explore how to find “hidden” American ancestors in British records! Jen Baldwin of FindMyPast joined me recently to discuss finding “hidden” American ancestors in British records.  What better way to spend time than learning about new places to look for our ancestors! Did you miss it? No worries! You can catch the replay at the bottom of this post.  😀 Jen’s Best Tip for Using FindMyPast To Find Your Ancestors I have a strong British heritage, and have been using FindMyPast for quite a while now in my genealogy research. I now realize I have been underutilizing its records.…

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    31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Your DNA Education

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    Your ancestor's cause of death may lead to clues for further records to search. Explore your ancestor's medical genealogy to learn more about his/her life.

    Your Ancestors + Medical Genealogy

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    Your Guide to Finding An Ancestor’s Date of Death

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    How To Find NEW Records on the BIG Four (4) Genealogy Databases

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    Are you regularly checking the big four genealogy databases for newly added records? If not, you are missing out on potential clues to finding your ancestors. I missed some important genealogy clues early on in my genealogy research and wasted research time needlessly. Why? Because new records were added to the genealogy databases such as Ancestry.com and FamilySearch, and I did not know about those. Rookie mistake, right?  I don’t want this to happen to you, my friend. Let’s Talk About the Genealogy Databases Genealogy researchers refer to FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast and MyHeritage as “The Big 4” in terms of genealogy databases.  Genealogy databases in general will update regularly with…

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    31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Volunteer!

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    Learn how to find and use millions of pages of records digitized online at FamilySearch that don’t show up when you conduct a general search.

    Worth a Thousand Words: How to Find and Use Image-Only Collections on FamilySearch

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