Genealogy Quick Guide to the Free FamilySearch Website

By Rick Crume Premium

Learn the best tips and techniques for finding your ancestors on the free genealogy website FamilySearch.org. This article contains a Genealogy How-To Video demonstrating how to search specific databases on FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com. 

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A contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine, Rick Crume specializes in online research, genealogy software, DNA testing and British genealogy.

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