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Title of discussion thread	Replies	Author	Start time	Last reply	Recs	Views
Top 100 Genealogy websites for 2013	13	me b zola	Feb 2013	May 2022	9	41189
Some links to get you started	16	kdmorris	Feb 2012	Mar 2021	7	30841
Archived Ancestry/Genealogy Group - From DU2	0	kdmorris	Dec 2011	Dec 2011	3	28530
My father would be 100 years old on Thursday. Original Antifa.	15	Dennis Donovan	May 14	May 14	15	892
Colonial Deerfield, Massachusetts - 1704 Deerfield Raid	2	wnylib	Mar 30	Mar 30	3	3046
lest you completely trust dna-	7	mopinko	Feb 2023	Mar 2023	7	1521
I just reactivated Ancestry to brush up my family tree a bit. Got a few shockers	14	NewHendoLib	Feb 2023	Feb 2023	15	2595
Singer Cyndi Lauper Learns She's Descended from Another Rebel Who 'Fought the Man,' More	2	appalachiablue	Jan 2023	Jan 2023	11	1026
I've been using Ancestry and Family Search for 8 families, but the tree has exploded.	4	Frustratedlady	Sep 2022	Jan 2023	1	2860
Ancient DNA Reveals A Genetic History of the Viking Age: Smithsonian. Slavery in Viking Society	4	appalachiablue	Jan 2023	Jan 2023	10	2152
Interesting find concerning my Confederate ancestor	25	Chainfire	Jan 2023	Jan 2023	61	2415
Actor Edward Norton is Direct Descendant of Pocahontas, Records Confirm; Julia Roberts	6	appalachiablue	Jan 2023	Jan 2023	6	1990
My nephew and his daughter visited	2	Marthe48	Jan 2023	Jan 2023	33	1148
I get surprised when people don't know things about	11	Marthe48	Nov 2022	Nov 2022	14	2698
After many years I am getting a marker for my husband	5	Marthe48	Nov 2022	Nov 2022	10	2214
Got my Ancestry DNA back	6	chowmama	Oct 2022	Oct 2022	12	1130
well, i'm a big step closer to home today.	0	mopinko	Sep 2022	Sep 2022	2	2146
Got a surprise today	4	Old Crank	Aug 2022	Sep 2022	8	932
Recently I saw Ancestry notes lifespans of people w certain surnames.	22	appalachiablue	Mar 2022	Aug 2022	1	4611
well, here's a twist for ya.	9	mopinko	Aug 2022	Aug 2022	23	1744
so, can someone w access to irish records do a search for me?	49	mopinko	Aug 2022	Aug 2022	2	3310
How do you correct information on Ancestry.com?	19	bucolic_frolic	Nov 2021	Jul 2022	7	3754
Another WWII mystery - Eleanor Bradley Harris	29	frogmarch	Nov 2019	Jul 2022	4	7126
My Carpathian Mountain (Slovakia) Heritage	0	sprinkleeninow	Jul 2022	Jul 2022	4	1828
Memorial Day memorial.	1	Chainfire	May 2022	May 2022	5	835
Read This Before You Buy a Genetic Testing Kit: Consumer Reports	4	appalachiablue	May 2022	May 2022	2	2800
RootsTech 2022 begins tomorrow, March 3	2	Jilly_in_VA	Mar 2022	Mar 2022	2	1113
How to research the history of your St. Louis home -- and learn all about its past residents	0	Sherman A1	Feb 2022	Feb 2022	1	2663
Historical Society Offers New Resource For Genealogists	0	Sherman A1	Feb 2022	Feb 2022	1	952
According to 23andme, I'm related to Louis XVI! Any other royals here?	15	bif	Apr 2019	Feb 2022	2	8940
evidently I made a big mistake on ordering DNA ancestry test kit	7	Grasswire2	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	1	1995
this is crazy. The info on my mom's 1986 death cert is wrong.	12	Grasswire2	Nov 2021	Dec 2021	0	3259
I found another embarrassing ancestor...	4	Buckeye_Democrat	Nov 2021	Nov 2021	6	2174
Consequences of World War I	3	bucolic_frolic	Nov 2021	Nov 2021	6	1141
Like a miracle, two obscure cousins came into my life this past week.	2	no_hypocrisy	Oct 2021	Oct 2021	12	2831
anyone have a tip to find old professional licenses?	5	mopinko	Sep 2021	Sep 2021	0	2310
I feel so ripped off--newspapers.com	3	Lulu KC	Sep 2021	Sep 2021	4	1657
hey there pros. who wants a job?	2	mopinko	Jul 2021	Jul 2021	0	3721
I spent some time labeling headstone pictures	10	Marthe48	Jun 2021	Jun 2021	10	5709
Explain these cousins to me, please	8	Captain Zero	May 2021	May 2021	0	3069
Trump donor buys large stake in Ancestry.com	14	Dem2theMax	Aug 2020	May 2021	7	9176
Family surprise!	9	LeftInTX	Nov 2018	May 2021	7	5291
Want to learn my mother's birth, marriage and death dates; she died when I was 7 or 8,	10	elleng	May 2021	May 2021	8	4351
SPEAKING OF newspapers.com...	3	Montauk6	Apr 2021	Apr 2021	11	4647
I know the 1890 Federal census was destroyed in a	8	Boomerproud	Jul 2020	Mar 2021	1	8664
Apache Junction Jane Doe	0	CanonRay	Mar 2021	Mar 2021	3	1568
"The Woman With No Name"	6	CanonRay	Mar 2021	Mar 2021	1	3423
Genetic genealogy is helping to crack cold cases and identify victims left nameless for decades.	0	CanonRay	Mar 2021	Mar 2021	7	4929
US Marriage registration records, how to find what they contain ?	5	OnDoutside	Feb 2021	Mar 2021	0	2625
I don't know how newspapers.com works.	16	Grasswire2	Jan 2021	Feb 2021	3	3238
well, the adoptees might just be the most fun part of all this.	2	mopinko	Feb 2021	Feb 2021	7	3602
Nancy Pelosi, Finding Your Roots airs tonight, PBS	0	littlemissmartypants	Jan 2021	Jan 2021	9	2317
well i found an irish cousin. adopted. also, this guy- [View all]	55	mopinko	Oct 2020	Dec 2020	13	3205
well, i traced my connection to the great michael dwyer.	16	mopinko	Dec 2020	Dec 2020	5	2871
Trying to explain bloodlines	36	Marthe48	Aug 2019	Dec 2020	1	3448
I got back into gen.	14	Marthe48	Sep 2020	Dec 2020	1	3695
Any Daughters of the American Revolution here?	48	MoonchildCA	Oct 2020	Nov 2020	2	5052
so, very strange. i got back into my ancestry account.	16	mopinko	Nov 2020	Nov 2020	2	5798
WWII mystery	15	frogmarch	Oct 2019	Nov 2020	1	3748
holy cow. i sent a message to my nearest dna match. she is adopted.	49	ihas2stinkyfeet	Oct 2020	Oct 2020	9	5417
planning a trip to the olde sod this winter. tracing the tree. my heritage	2	ihas2stinkyfeet	Oct 2020	Oct 2020	0	2553
Found scrapbook and looking for suggestions for what to do with it.	8	seaglass	Dec 2019	Sep 2020	6	7929
I'm meeting my second cousin for the first time next Sunday and	7	no_hypocrisy	Oct 2019	Apr 2020	9	8682
No one knew why the kids in 2 Amish families were dying suddenly. Now researchers have some answers	5	Historic NY	Jan 2020	Jan 2020	10	7192
Baking sourdough bread today	4	Marthe48	Jan 2020	Jan 2020	4	3556
Recipes Dating Back To The Inquistion Reveal A Family's Secret Jewish Roots, NPR	3	appalachiablue	Dec 2019	Dec 2019	12	3720
HELP! A non-family member "owns" and controls my grandfather's "Find-a-Grave" page...	12	NurseJackie	Dec 2019	Dec 2019	2	3298
DAR	10	shanti	Oct 2019	Dec 2019	0	2365
The genealogy boom has hit a roadblock. The Trump administration plans huge fee hikes for immigratio	2	Eugene	Dec 2019	Dec 2019	9	2771
Irish Research : Public Records lost during 1922 fire to be recreated through virtual reality	3	OnDoutside	Dec 2019	Dec 2019	4	2508
How Volunteer Sleuths Identified a Hiker and Her Killer After 36 Years	3	CanonRay	May 2019	Nov 2019	13	3343
Arkiv Digital (Swedish) and FindMyPast are free this weekend Nov 8-10 - FYI n/t	1	seaglass	Nov 2019	Nov 2019	1	2386
The Dionne quintuplets: The exploitation of five girls raised in a 'baby zoo'	2	mfcorey1	Nov 2019	Nov 2019	5	2116
Researching obits - have you run across this and what were your results?	1	seaglass	Oct 2019	Oct 2019	0	2008
Last Hours of Abraham Lincoln - Alonzo Chappel painting	1	frogmarch	Apr 2019	Sep 2019	12	1915
Googling my Dad's WW2 unit this weekend, I found this on eBay!	29	Dennis Donovan	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	82	8366
Our son had his DNA tested through 23 and Me and it showed that he had a small percentage of	23	Cousin Dupree	Aug 2018	Sep 2019	1	6116
Surprise, surprise!	6	no_hypocrisy	Aug 2019	Sep 2019	1	2046
Thomas Kaine/Kane	0	shraby	Aug 2019	Aug 2019	1	1250
Software for Genealogy	11	QED	Jun 2019	Aug 2019	0	3054