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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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