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Why did they come here? Where did they live? What were their lives like? And how do I learn more? When all you know about great-great-gramps is a name, turn to Ancestry Magazine. Six times a year, Ancestry Magazine and Ancestry Digital Magazine give you the insight, experience, and know-how you need to transform your family history questions into answers. From original articles to expert advice, rely on Ancestry Magazine to help you uncover your past.

 
Black Holes
For me, my grandfather is a black hole, and I’ve been caught in his gravitational field. I cannot seem to escape. Do I have other ancestors? Sure. Would researching them yield amazing and fulfilling results? Probably. Can I focus my attention on ...
Of Big Skies and White Houses
Lynne Cheney, author of Blue Skies and No Fences: A Memoir of Childhood and Family and wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, shares insights about her heritage. ...
Big Bird Creates Holiday Dilemma in Dallas
It was 1946 and I could not be at home for the holidays. My husband had just returned from overseas. He had seen the end of World War II from the deck of an aircraft carrier off the coast of Japan. With the promise of the G.I. Bill, we left our ...
With All the Bells and Whistles
Hitting the road in an RV? See just what a family historian needs to turn a home on wheels into home sweet traveling home. ...
Actor Kills Wife in Love Triangle
Decades ago, when I’d ask my mother questions about her grandmother’s brother, I’d get the same answer everytime—Edward Forshay was an actor and his wife was a famous actress. Mom told me that Edward Forshay killed his wife, Edna, in a love ...
Travelin’ Man
What happens when there is no heir apparent, but the found item is just too good to dismiss? I received a travel journal from almost a century ago and thought, "What family member wouldn’t be delighted to receive this out of the blue?" I was on ...
A Place in the Country: Living at the County Home
County homes or poor farms began in the early- to mid-1800s as the nation became more socially aware. Their admission records can yield a wealth of information, including age, birthplace, reason for admission, occupation, and physical description ...
You Can’t Just Take Land … Can You?
If the concept of squatter’s rights seems more like lore and legend than like something legal, you may want to rethink your view—squatter’s rights are very much a fact of land law today, just as they were 50, 100, and 200 years ago. ...
Tracking Their Every Move
What’s the shortest distance between two—or 20—points? An electronic map of your ancestors’ migration. With free services like Google Maps, you can track your ancestors’ migration by marking the trail on Web-based maps. You can add family notes ...
Sit Back, Relax and Get to Work
You may not realize it, but two ancient cultural forces that have been at odds with each other for centuries—work and play—are finally starting to bury the proverbial hatchet, at least in the Western world. Pretty much since the first guy picked ...
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