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The last township that survived the Highland Clearances 0 csziggy Jun 2018 Jun 2018 13 2101

Is anybody here descended from Scottish families who left Scotland because of [View all] 53 CTyankee Jan 2012 Jun 2013 0 21292

Ancestry is cancelling MyCanvas and other services as of September 3. 7 DebJ Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 3052

I need help from someone in Brooklyn, N.Y. 13 Delmette2.0 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 3180

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 dem in texas Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1527

Does anyone have access to Fold3? Need a look-up of possible WWII vet for memorial dedication. 4 Dem2theMax Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1827

Need one more Fold3 look-up. I promise this is the last one! 5 Dem2theMax Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 2088

Trump donor buys large stake in Ancestry.com 14 Dem2theMax Aug 2020 May 2021 7 10883

Googling my Dad's WW2 unit this weekend, I found this on eBay! 29 Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 Sep 2019 82 10051

My father would be 100 years old on Thursday. Original Antifa. 15 Dennis Donovan May 2023 May 2023 16 4798

Face Book Genealogy pages 22 dgibby Aug 2013 Sep 2013 2 6451

Free access to Ancestry (local library) 0 Digit Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1559

Online Civil War records free until April 30 1 dragonlady Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1583

Help. 1 easttexaslefty Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1652

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 5797

The genealogy boom has hit a roadblock. The Trump administration plans huge fee hikes for immigratio 2 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 9 6099

This message was self-deleted by its author 39 fleur-de-lisa Nov 2012 Jun 2013 3 9834

This message was self-deleted by its author 4 fleur-de-lisa Jun 2013 Jul 2013 0 1959

How do I track down an ancestor who fought in the Civil war? 6 flyingfysh Feb 2012 Feb 2012 1 2604

sometimes family stories of Indian ancestry are totally wrong 10 flyingfysh Nov 2013 Oct 2014 1 4328

I just received my 23andMe results. 9 Fridays Child Nov 2013 Mar 2014 6 5721

I finally found pictures of my great-grandfather! 18 frogmarch May 2012 Jul 2012 11 7101

Isn’t this a sweet picture? 4 frogmarch Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 3497

300 year wedding anniversary 0 frogmarch Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1597

Syphilis in the Civil War 17 frogmarch Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 5410

Last Hours of Abraham Lincoln - Alonzo Chappel painting 1 frogmarch Apr 2019 Sep 2019 12 3230

WWII mystery 15 frogmarch Oct 2019 Nov 2020 1 4304

Another WWII mystery - Eleanor Bradley Harris 29 frogmarch Nov 2019 Jul 2022 4 8901

I've been using Ancestry and Family Search for 8 families, but the tree has exploded. 4 Frustratedlady Sep 2022 Jan 2023 1 7639

I found a cousin in my research. 6 GentryDixon Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2412

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Anyone looking for info from the Tri-County area of Pennsylvania & New York? 1 GentryDixon Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1668

I found a fourth cousin 2 GentryDixon Jul 2014 Aug 2014 5 2062

What sites do you use? 3 GobBluth Sep 2012 Oct 2012 0 2085

Funny story about doing Find a Grave work 3 GobBluth Sep 2012 Oct 2012 8 2670

Can anyone transcribe the 1940 census schedule headers? They are too fuzzy for me to read... 2 Gold Metal Flake Apr 2012 Apr 2012 1 2955

Police find family of dead twins (thanks to genealogists) 2 Gormy Cuss Mar 2012 Mar 2012 5 2221

every time I try to access 1940 census my computer locks up 4 grasswire May 2012 May 2012 1 2495

anyone here familiar with Heritage Quest? 2 grasswire Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2023

Question: If bad info is entered into ancestry.com, do they correct it somehow? 28 grasswire Sep 2012 Mar 2014 1 12014

Have you prepared a hard copy of your genealogy research for your family? 34 grasswire Mar 2013 May 2013 0 9064

your advice solicited... 6 grasswire Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2499

question: why would a surname totally change in the middle of a long line? 13 grasswire Feb 2013 Jul 2013 2 3810

any I-P109 haplogroup-ers here? 1 grasswire Dec 2013 Apr 2014 1 2535

how do you preserve an aggregate of family memorabilia... 6 grasswire Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 2526

Ahhhh I'm losing my mind! 6 grasswire Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2556

Any hints on finding photos of ancestors on the Internets? 12 grasswire Sep 2014 Feb 2017 1 5243

can you tell the era of this photo? 39 grasswire Oct 2014 Oct 2014 14 9652

anyone familiar with this Dr. Spence who claims that DNA analysis is a HOAX? 14 grasswire Feb 2015 Jan 2016 1 3530

I don't know how newspapers.com works. 16 Grasswire2 Jan 2021 Feb 2021 3 3685

this is crazy. The info on my mom's 1986 death cert is wrong. 12 Grasswire2 Nov 2021 Dec 2021 0 4695

evidently I made a big mistake on ordering DNA ancestry test kit 7 Grasswire2 Dec 2021 Jan 2022 1 2448

There was an item on our local news yesterday 6 HeiressofBickworth Mar 2012 Mar 2012 3 2342

If you are doing research in Scotland 1 HeiressofBickworth Jul 2012 Jul 2012 3 1915

Birth Certificate Question 5 HeiressofBickworth May 2013 May 2013 0 2775

Rootsweb.com -- UPDATE 7 HeiressofBickworth Apr 2014 Jun 2014 5 3448

Article on long-term storage of electronic data 1 HeiressofBickworth Feb 2015 Apr 2015 1 1790

Somedays family history leads into bittersweet understanding of today. 1 HereSince1628 May 2012 May 2012 5 2060

1930 Census Free access 2-16 2-20 dig deep my friends. 0 Historic NY Feb 2012 Feb 2012 1 2001

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 13170

I am Soooo glad to see the Genealogy Group is still around 1 Homer Wells Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 1710

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Hey Guys, can anybody tell me 1 Homer Wells Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1854

Believe it or not, I knew and loved two of the people in these pictures: 5 IDemo Feb 2015 Feb 2015 14 2628

planning a trip to the olde sod this winter. tracing the tree. my heritage 2 ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 Oct 2020 0 3736

holy cow. i sent a message to my nearest dna match. she is adopted. 49 ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 Oct 2020 9 9494

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Iterate Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1408

RootsTech 2022 begins tomorrow, March 3 2 Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 Mar 2022 2 1370

Resistance Genealogy 4 Justice Feb 2018 Feb 2018 22 2554

I have a relative who was murdered in Santa Clara County, California in 1981. I have his death 8 jwirr Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 3033

OK...looks like Skinner got through the backlog of requests 4 kdmorris Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 2325

So, does anyone think we need a host? 8 kdmorris Dec 2011 Dec 2011 3 4175

African American Genealogy 11 kdmorris Mar 2012 Aug 2012 1 3959

I found my late mother-in-law in 1940!!!! 1 kdmorris Apr 2012 Apr 2012 3 2230

Shout out to Charles L. Hocker, Enumerator for Ohio County, Kentucky 13 kdmorris Apr 2012 Apr 2012 3 3350

Everybody join in the fun and help index the 1940 Census when it is released! 12 kestrel91316 Feb 2012 Mar 2012 1 3646

I poke my nose in here occasionally. 2 kestrel91316 Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 2210

Cousins on FB are asking me to share my research. Need help 3 kickysnana Dec 2012 Jan 2013 1 2239

So My great great grandmother was Native American, & of course for YEARS I thought it was Blackfoot 14 LaydeeBug Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 5517

So my Pop Pop was with the Army Air Force and Flew during WWII, and I don't recall 8 LaydeeBug Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 2973

So I *think* it's Nanticoke, but my new year's resolution is to find my tribe! 5 LaydeeBug Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 2357

Interesting DNA results Scots, Irish, Brit - North Carolina/Georgia 14 LeftInTX Nov 2017 Jan 2018 4 3508

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