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A Tour of the FamilySearch Research Wiki

FamilySearch is the world’s largest free genealogy website, and its Research Wiki is a hefty how-to portal. In this article (with bonus video), Sunny Jane Morton provides a quick tour of this helpful genealogy tool.

Save the Stories of Your Stuff with Artifcts

Preserve and share your family's favorite heirlooms with Artifcts.com, a service for attaching written or spoken memories to objects. Sponsored by Artifcts.com

1950 Census Research Guide

The 1950 census documented names, ages, occupations and more for over 150 million people. Here's everything you need to know about using the 1950 census for genealogy research.

8 Resources for Finding Family in the 1940s Premium

Learn about your family between the 1940 and 1950 censuses with these key genealogy resources that reveal how and where they lived.

The Genealogist’s Guide to Occupational Records Premium

Our ancestors’ jobs can reveal so much about their lives. Here's how to use occupational and employment records in your genealogy research.

Chronicling America: A Quick Tour

Millions of newspaper pages are searchable on the free Chronicling America website. Learn two of its best features in this quick video.

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DNA Test Migration Groups: What They Can and Can’t Tell You

AncestryDNA Communities, MyHeritage Genetic Groups, and 23andMe Recent Ancestor Locations all assign your DNA to a time and place. Are they accurate?

Interment.net’s Grave Listings: A Quick Guide

Look for your ancestor's grave site listing on Interment.net, which has 25 million free digitized cemetery records.

A Tour of the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

Learn more about what you can find on the free genealogy website, the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

A Quick Tour of AccessGenealogy

Here's a quick overview of what's available on free genealogy website AccessGenealogy.