Here are some ideas for quick and easy Mother's Day projects you can

Check out Ancestry's CD-Rom: New York Births & Baptisms: Southeast

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When sorting through inherited items, examining each item carefully

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One reader is looking for help in dating a family photograph. 

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For many of us, our first foray into the genealogical world may have

Photograph of Oscar and Anne Martha (Svendsen) Setter and family.

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One of the more challenging aspects of family history is keeping

Here are seven keys to better understanding naturalization records

Those hard-to-find maiden names are often the biggest mysteries we

Juliana gives a list of possible questions to ask family members

Work backward and use a carding system to identify ancestors with

One of the more challenging aspects of family history is keeping

Here are seven keys to better understanding naturalization records

Here are a few common pitfalls and solutions so that they won't

A number of readers have written to ask me about timelines and how

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