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5 Tips to Become a Genealogy Research Ninja Premium
Want to become a more research-savvy genealogist? Develop ninja-like research skills with these five family history challenges.
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5 Common Genealogy Errors (and How to Avoid Them)
Nobody's perfect. We all make mistakes like typos, incorrect ancestors, or bad data in our trees. Learn how to prevent them.
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10 Rules for Accepting (or Rejecting) Online Family Tree Hints
If you have an online family tree, you've likely seen "hints" to related records or other family trees. Here are 10 rules for evaluating and using hints.
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Should You Take the Family Tree Hint? 12 Questions to Consider Premium
Should you take an online family tree hint as fact? Our answers to 12 common questions will help you make the right call.
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4 Simple Steps for Gold-Medal Genealogy Research Premium
Become a family history champion. Go for the genealogy gold with these four steps to research success.
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How To Start Unpuzzling Your Past Premium
The author of the bestselling basic guide to genealogy, Unpuzzling Your Past, takes you step by step through the essentials of tracing your family tree.
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How (and Why) to Make a Genealogy Timeline
Timelines help you organize your research and put your ancestor's life in context. Use this advice to build the prefect timeline template.
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5 Research Tools for Finding Ancestors
Learn about several online research tools to use in your genealogy, along with great resources for creating and sharing your findings with friends and family.
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7 Ways to Solve Genealogy Problems With Cluster Research
Learn some basics of cluster and collateral research—two key research strategies for studying your ancestor and their community.
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4 Ways to Solve Genealogy Problems Premium
Sooner or later, we all hit a snag in our research, when the records we're expecting—or even just hoping for—don't seem to exist. Here are some approaches you might not have tried, and will bring success.
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