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14 Unusual Records for Finding Female Ancestors Premium
If discovering the women in your family tree is one of your genealogy goals, you’ll love these underused resources for finding female ancestors.
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Vacation, All She Ever Wanted: Women’s Travel Diaries
Relive past adventures of some fearless females! Duke University has a gorgeous digital collection of historic women's travel diaries available online.
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Beyond Rosie: How Women Served in Wartime
Women can do it...because they always have! From the Revolutionary War to WWII, learn the various, surprising ways women in wartime served our country.
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A Searchable Table of Available State Censuses
Genealogists love federal censuses, but state censuses can prove just as helpful. Use our searchable table to figure out what years these records were taken.
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Best DNA and Genetic Genealogy Gifts Premium
That DNA test to discover ancestry or family is just the beginning! If you've got a genetic genealogist on your list, check out these great gifts.
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How to Celebrate Family History Month in October
Family History Month has been celebrated every October since 2001. Discover all the ways you can join in on the fun and honor your own family history.
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Name Variations and Different Spellings Sleuthing
Do you hate spelling tests? Maybe you should have lived centuries ago. Spelling wasn’t as important in our ancestors’ time as it is now—they didn’t even have a dictionary until Noah Webster published the first American one in 1806. Also, fewer Americans could read and write. So people wrote words however they thought the words […]
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15 Common Heritage Groups Word Search
America is a melting pot of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Can you find the 15 most common heritage groups hidden in this puzzle? Hint: Use the word list next to the puzzle for help. Words are hidden horizontally, vertically and diagonally. Answers
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Family History Records Word Search
In this puzzle, kids can search for 12 types of records genealogists often use to trace their family trees.
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Genealogy and Family Relationships Word Scramble
Let kids guess these jumbled-up family history and relationship terms.
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