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Brick Wall Buster: Tackle Genealogy Research as a Group Premium

Gang up on your research brick walls and watch them crumble with our eight partnership pointers.

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In this article: Why cite your sources? Software source citation fields and functions Additional resources Downloadable source citation cheat sheet You probably began your family history research by scouring through old family papers and interviewing relatives. Before you knew it, you'd also checked censuses, birth records and passenger lists...

How to Create Timelines to Organize Genealogy Research

See your ancestors' lives from different perspectives and discover new avenues for research by building timelines. We've provided the blueprints.

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Have you ever considered that a tree's root system is much more extensive than its combined trunk, branches and leaves? The same is true of your family tree: You have more ancestors than you have parents, siblings and children. Discovering your family roots means digging into the past and uncovering those ancestors—solving the puzzles of

12 Strategies for “Recharging” Your Genealogy Research

Don't let dead ends drain your genealogical batteries. Jump-start your ancestor hunt with these 12 research strategies.

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Stymied by source documentation? Heed these hints for entering citations in your genealogy software.

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You can strike it rich in online pedigree databases—if you know how to mine valuable genealogical nuggets from a mother lode of unverified family trees. We'll show you five ways to turn that undocumented data Into real research clues.

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Need a hand circumventing those pesky brick walls? Turn to elusive forebears' clusters of friends, relatives and neighbors for clues to your own ancestral ties.