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English
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Discover the secrets to Ancestry.com success! This book will help you get the most out of your Ancestry.com subscription by showing you how to take advantage of all the world's biggest genealogy website has to offer -- and how to find answers to your family tree questions within its 14 billion records, 60 million family tree and 32,000 databases.
Series
Finding your roots volume Season 6
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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In sharing their stories, uses every tool available, from cutting-edge DNA research to old-school genealogical sleuthing to reveal long-buried secrets. Spanning the globe, the series compiles family trees that trace throughout the United States and Canada; Latin America and the Caribbean; and Germany, Poland, Ireland, Russia, and more.
4) Shaking the family tree: blue bloods, black sheep, and other obsessions of an accidental genealogist
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Publisher
Touchstone/Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xi, 241 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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"WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?"
As a historian, Buzzy Jackson thought she knew the answers to these simple questions-that is, until she took a look at her scrawny family tree. With a name like Jackson (the twentieth most common American surname), she knew she must have more relatives and more family history out there, somewhere. Her first visit to the Boulder Genealogy Society brought her more questions than answers . . . but it also gave...
7) The adoptee's guide to DNA testing: how to use genetic genealogy to discover your long-lost family
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Reconnect with your roots! Adoptees, foundlings, and others with unknown parentage face unique challenges in researching their ancestors. Enter this book: a comprehensive guide to adoption genealogy that has the resources you need to find your family through genetic testing. Inside, you'll find: strategies for connecting your genealogy to previous genealogists, detailed guides for using DNA tests and tools, plus how to analyze your test results and...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
224 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Every surname has its own story to tell, and a surname study is a natural complement to family history research. The study of surnames has been revolutionised in the last decade with the increasing availability of online resources, and it is now easier than ever before to explore the history, evolution, distribution and meaning of your family name. The Surnames Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to researching your surname using genealogical...
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English
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Learn how to use innovative techniques to unearth hard-to-find ancestors. The authors use up-to-date and highly organized methods and techniques to show you how to find the elusive details to round out your genealogy research, and get past the brick walls that have stumped you. They cover a variety of software programs and specialized genealogy tools, and even address using modern social networking as a practical source.
Series
Finding your roots volume Season 7
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approx. 8.5 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.
19) Genealogy online
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English
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"In this edition, the author assumes you know most Internet technologies and programs, and that you want to know how to use them to do your genealogy. The potential for finding clues, data, and other researchers looking for your same family names has increased exponentially in the last decade. Since 2000, push technology, streaming video, blogs, podcasts, social networking, and indexed document scans have radically changed what can be found on the...