AncestorNews: Words Get in the Way Premium
As a child of the typewriter/computer generation, I've always had trouble reading cursive writing. Even as a young adult, I'd ask my mom to read my grandmother's letters to me because I couldn't decipher several of her words. Imagine my dismay when genealogy research took me into 19th-century wills...
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The Great Migration Begins Premium
The Great Migration Begins' electronic versions let you point and click your way to profiles of New England's 17th-century immigrants.
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AncestorNews: The Results Are In Premium
I discovered my haplogroup, and a surprising distant family member!
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AncestorNews: Leap of Science Premium
I think we'll see more and more people line up to take DNA tests to prove or disprove certain relationships.
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AncestorNews: Jewish Genealogy on the Web Premium
Although my family has no Jewish heritage that I'm aware of, my sister recently found a sampler embroidered in Yiddish and Hebrew, tucked behind a family picture. Dated 1891, the sampler presented us with a research challenge: what did the words mean, and how did it get behind our...
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AncestorNews: For Sale Premium
AncestorNews: For Sale Eileen Holt of Howard Lake, Minn., and Susan Dunlap of Perris, Calif., want to share their antique Valentine cards with you. To view the cards, visit https://www.familytreemagazine.com/ancestornews/current.html. Eileen Holt wrote: "I read your article last week. It prompted me to go get the...
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Adversarial Relationship Premium
John Kerry and Geroge W. Bush have plenty of family connections—to each other.
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Mayflower Descendants Premium
A quarter of Americans believe that they are descendants of the 26 Englishmen who came over on the Mayflower.
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Columbus Day Turns Over a New Leif Premium
This Columbus Day, the Italian-born explorer shares the spotlight with Viking explorer Ericson. It's an occasion for Italian- and Scandinavian-Americans alike to celebrate their roots.
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AncestorNews: DNA Deliberation Premium
I'm seriously considering using DNA testing to help break open a couple of extremely difficult family lines.
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