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1 Battle Camp S1: Reality Rivalries with Dana Moon & QT 1:00:36
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Do you have fond childhood memories of summer camp? For a chance at $250,000, campers must compete in a series of summer camp-themed challenges to prove that they are unbeatable, unhateable, and unbreakable. Host Chris Burns is joined by the multi-talented comedian Dana Moon to recap the first five episodes of season one of Battle Camp . Plus, Quori-Tyler (aka QT) joins the podcast to dish on the camp gossip, team dynamics, and the Watson to her Sherlock Holmes. Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/WeHaveTheReceipts Text us at (929) 487-3621 DM Chris @FatCarrieBradshaw on Instagram Follow We Have The Receipts wherever you listen, so you never miss an episode. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.…
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Still looking for that elusive ancestor who "crossed the pond?" Join Crista Cowan for a look at immigration into the United States throughout history and where the best places are to look for information regarding their immigration.
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the upcoming genealogy events she'll be attending. You'll also get a look at new features and tools available to make your family history easier and more fun. Then she will review the databases full of new content r eleased in the past month and show you how best to search them to find the stories of your ancestors' lives.…
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the upcoming genealogy events around the world. You'll also get a look at new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. Then she will review some of the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how best to search them to find the stories of your ancestors' lives.…
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It's been three years since we launched AncestryDNA. Now, with more than 800,000 people in our database, and new cousins connections being made every day, there are lots of questions about how to get the most out of your AncestryDNA experience. Join Cri sta Cowan and Anna Swayne as they revisit some AncestryDNA frequently asked questions. In this episode, they discuss how to purchase and activate a kit, provide some basic information about genetic inheritance, and answer some of our most freq…
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When you attach a record directly from Ancestry into your online family tree, the source citation is created for you. But, what about those records that you upload yourself? Join Crista Cowan as she reviews the basics of crafting a genealogy source cita tion in your online tree or in Family Tree Maker.…
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Like all hobbies, there are some expenses involved in family history. Order a couple of birth certificates from a state vital records office or make one trip to an archive and your Ancestry subscription may look like the most inexpensive tool you use for genealogy research. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of her favorite tips for getting the most out of your family history dollars.…
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at upcoming events, new features and tools to help make your family history easier and more fun, and databases full of new content released in the past month. She'll give you her best tips for using all of these things t o find and share the stories of your ancestors' lives.…
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1 Smarter Searching: Look for Records Not People 23:11
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With more than 15 billion records now online at Ancestry.com, doing a global search might not be the most effective way to locate records about your ancestors. Join Crista Cowan for a look at some smarter searching tips and tricks, including one little s hift in your perspective that could open up a whole new worlds of records.…
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1 Family Tree Maker: Exploring Locations to Enhance Your Research 32:25
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One of the great things about Family Tree Maker is the ability to explore your tree by location. Join Crista Cowan for a look at HOW to enter locations so you can get the most out of them later, WHY you want to do this and WHERE you can access features t hat allow you use locations to accelerate your family history research.…
There are millions of new records being put online every single week. Some of these records are what we call, "Index Only." Join Crista Cowan for a discussion about what exactly these records are, what they do and do not tell you and what to do next to continue climbing your family tree.
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If you have the World Explorer Plus subscription to Ancestry, then you also have access to Fold3. Join Crista Cowan for an introductory look at the great resources available on this website, particularly for U.S. military research.
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1 What's New at Ancestry: February 2015 Edition 28:46
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at upcoming events, new features and tools to help make your family history easier and more fun, and databases full of new content released in the past month. She'll give you her best tips for using all of these things to find and share the stories of your ancestors' lives.…
You might know that the 1890 U.S. Federal Census was destroyed. But, did you know that there are other missing records due to fires, floods, time and a plain old lack of record keeping. Join Crista Cowan for a look at some of the missing records that af fect many genealogists and how to get around some of those losses.…
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Join Crista Cowan for a review of the new records and tools that came online in 2014. Then she will walk you through some great ideas for genealogy goals that will carry you into the new year.
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: January 2015 Edition 30:58
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how best to search them to find the stories of your ancestors' lives.
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FindAGrave.com is an amazing resource for genealogists. It is made even more useful when you can link the memorials for family members together. Join Crista Cowan for a look at how you can contribute to making this FREE resource even more valuable.
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1 Life Events: Telling the Stories of Their Lives 28:09
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In your online tree at Ancestry and in Family Tree Maker there are dozens of life events that you can choose from to document the lives of your family members. Join Crista Cowan as she walks through the options and circumstances under which you might use them. You'll have a whole new appreciation for the way you can share the stories of your ancestors' lives.…
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You've spent thousands of hours researching your family tree. You've collected documents and scanned old photographs. What happens to all of your hard work after you die? What happens to your Ancestry account? Join Crista Cowan for a look at some opti ons for genealogy estate planning. You're never too young to think about it.…
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: December 2014 Edition 32:12
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how best to search them to find the stories of your ancestors' lives.
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You get those shaky leaf hints and then you do a few searches. But, with more than 15 billion records now available online at Ancestry.com and billions more available at archives, libraries and courthouses around the world, how do you know when you've do ne a "reasonably exhaustive search?" How do you even know what records you should be looking for to document the lives of your ancestors? Join Crista Cowan for a look at WHY you want to create a source checklist. Then she'll share one of her…
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1 Can Anyone Read This? Basic Paleography for Genealogists 19:23
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Almost daily someone posts an image snippet in a genealogy group or message board asking for some assistance reading a record. They can't tell what the surname is or what occupation their grandfather was engaged in. They can't read the cause of death or the city their immigrant ancestor came from. Join Crista Cowan for a look at some basic tips and tricks for improving your paleography skills so you can read your genealogy record like a pro.…
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1 AncestryDNA: Cousin Matches and DNA Circles 27:54
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AncestryDNA just released version two of cousin matches and new DNA Circles. Join Crista Cowan for a look at the changes and new features. Learn where to find the help materials and scientific white papers that explain the changes. Then spend some time exploring your own DNA matches and discovering more of your story.…
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1 Genealogical Proof Standard: Soundly Reasoned, Coherently Written Conclusion 25:31
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Join Crista Cowan for the sixth video in our series on the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS). Step five is creating a "soundly reasoned, coherently written conclusion." You will learn both WHY this is such an important step in your family history resear ch process and HOW to do it.
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This year Ancestry has added more than 7 million new genealogical records that will be of inters to those of you with ancestors in Pennsylvania. Join Crista Cowan for a look at some best practices for location based research, focusing on Pennsylvania.
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With more than 15 billion records now available for searching on Ancestry.com, we want to provide you with as many ways to discover your ancestors and their stories as we can. Shaky leaf hints. Suggested records. And several different ways to search. Join Crista Cowan for a sneak peek at the updated search forms you will soon have available to you on Ancestry.com.…
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1 Top Tips for Beginning Mexico Family History Research 23:54
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Do you have Mexican ancestry? Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of the top tools and record collections that will help you find success in tracing your Mexican ancestors.
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: November 2014 Edition 24:19
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how best to search them to find the stories of your ancestors lives.
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Have you looked for your ancestor coming into the Port of New York/Ellis Island and come up empty? What about Boston? Philadelphia? Baltimore? Join Crista Cowan for a look at the "lesser known" ports of immigration that your ancestor might have used on their journey into the United States.
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SAR. DAR. DUP. ADEAW. What do all of these acronyms have in common These are just a few of the 100 (or more) hereditary societies you can join once you find a person in your family tree who qualifies. Join Crista Cowan for a look at some of the diff erent societies that are available for you to join, what the membership benefits are to you, and how to complete the application process.…
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1 Five Reasons You Are Not Finding Your Ancestor 29:23
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You have searched and searched and searched and are still coming up empty when looking for information about a particular family line. Join Crista Cowan for a look at five possible reasons why you might not be finding your ancestor. Even one of them cou ld provide you with the spark of an idea you need to bust right through that #genealogy brick wall.…
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It's the 3rd anniversary of The Barefoot Genealogist. Join Crista Cowan for a look at some of her favorite videos from the past three years. She'll even throw in some tips for navigating YouTube using the playlist and search features.
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1 Genealogical Proof Standard: Resolution of Conflicting Evidence 37:23
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Join Crista Cowan for the fifth in our series on the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS). Step four is "resolution of conflicting evidence." You will learn both WHY this is such an important step in your research process and HOW to do it.
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1 Ten Things You Can Do To Celebrate Family History Month 25:36
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October is National Family History Month here in the United States. Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at ten things you can do to celebrate family history month over the coming weeks. Share your ideas in the comments below.
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: October 2014 Edition 17:27
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun She'll also review databases full of new content released in the past month and let you know what conferences and events are c oming up where you can learn even more in person.…
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1 Top Tips for Beginning Swedish Family History Research 35:44
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Do you have Swedish ancestry? Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of the top methods and record collections that will help you find success in tracing your ancestors through their time in the United States back to Sweden. She will then give a high leve l review of the Swedish records available on Ancestry.com.…
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1 Genealogical Proof Standard: Analysis and Correlation of the Collected Information 31:57
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Join Crista Cowan for the fourth in our series on the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS). Step three is "analysis and correlation of the collected information." You will learn both WHY this is such an important step in your research process and HOW to do it.
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As the weather turns a little cooler and the leaves start to fall, it is the perfect time to get out and visit cemeteries. Photographing tombstones is a great idea. But, there is more to do in a cemetery than you might think. Join Crista Cowan for a lo ok at how cemetery visits can enhance your family history research.…
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Join Crista Cowan for a look at the latest version of the Ancestry Mobile App for iOS.
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We all know the importance of finding documentation about the facts we put into our family tree. But, what happens when you can't find the records you need? Join Crista Cowan for a look at all the places you find death information.
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We all know the importance of finding documentation about the facts we put into our family tree. But, what happens when you can't find the marriage records you need? Join Crista Cowan for a look at alternative places to find marriage information.
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: September 2014 Edition 23:38
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1 Genealogical Proof Standard: Complete and Accurate Citation of Sources 28:14
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Join Crista Cowan for the third in our series on the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS). The second element is a complete and accurate citation of your sources. You will learn both WHY this is such an important step in your research process and HOW to im prove your source citations.
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From 1836 to 1869 more than 400,000 settlers used the Oregon Trail to head west. Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the history of the Oregon Trail. Were any of your ancestors adventurers and pioneers across this 2000 mile wagon road?
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If your family lived in New Jersey in the 1800s or early 1800s, chances are they were Quaker. Join Crista Cowan for a case study in researching available records to uncover the story of one family.
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There are lots of ways to reach out and collaborate with other genealogists and distant cousins who might be researching some of the same families you are researching. Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at how you can use Twitter to enhance your family h istory research.
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Do you have ancestors who lived in Colonial America at the outbreak of the the Revolutionary War? You might be surprised to learn that not all of them were on the side of the Patriots. Join Crista Cowan for a look at where to find Loyalist records to de termine which side of the battle your ancestors were on.…
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1 Double Dating: Julian Calendar or Gregorian Calendar 11:38
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You may have seen the double dates recorded in some family trees - a birth date listed as 1743/1744. But, do you know WHY it is recorded that way? Join Crista Cowan for a look at the switch from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar and that aff ects your family history research.
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1 How Historical Events Shaped Our Ancestors' Lives 34:11
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The California Gold Rush. The Civil War. The Influenza Epidemic. There are so many major historical events that shaped our ancestors' lives. Join Crista Cowan for a look at how to determine which historical events may have affected your ancestors and where to learn more about them.
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1 FAN Club Research to Build Your Family Tree 13:53
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Revered genealogist, Elizabeth Shown Mills, coined a phrase that explains a genealogy methodology we should all be familiar with - "FAN Club." Join Crista Cowan for a look at how the study of your ancestors' Friends, Associates and Neighbors can help you learn more about your own family history.
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: August 2014 Edition 27:44
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how best to search them to find the stories of your ancestors' lives.
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You may not have found your black sheep yet, but we are all bound to have them. In fact, many genealogists relish a good black sheep story because we know they are the people for whom the most records can be found. Join Crista Cowan for a look at prison , convict and criminal records available on Ancestry.com.…
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We all know the importance of finding documentation about the facts we put into our family tree. But, what happens when you can't find the records you need? Join Crista Cowan for a look at alternative places to find birth information.
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1 Genealogical Proof Standard: Reasonably Exhaustive Search 28:42
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Ready to take your genealogy skills to the next level? "Proof is a fundamental concept in genealogy. In order to merit confidence, each conclusion about an ancestor must have sufficient credibility to be accepted as 'proved.' Acceptable conclusions, th erefore, set the Genealogical Proof Standard." (Board for Certification of Genealogists) Join Crista Cowan for a look at the first element of the Genealogical Proof Standard - a reasonably exhaustive search.…
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Did you know that there are hundreds of free databases available on Ancestry.com? Join Crista Cowan for a look at the records available to you even without a current subscription. She'll show you how to access them, how to search them, and how to attach them to your tree. She'll also share some tips for making note of what you want to search the next time you renew your subscription.…
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1 Genealogical Proof Standard: An Introduction 23:49
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Ready to take your genealogy skills to the next level? "Proof is a fundamental concept in genealogy. In order to merit confidence, each conclusion about an ancestor must have sufficient credibility to be accepted as "proved." Acceptable conclusions, there fore, meet the Genealogical Proof Standard." (Board for Certification of Genealogists) Join Crista Cowan for an introduction to the Genealogical Proof Standard.…
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: July 2014 Edition 26:44
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how best to search them to find t he stories of your ancestors' lives.
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1 AncestryDNA: The Search for Biological Family 26:18
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Many of you have taken the AncestryDNA test for the sole purpose of discovering more about your biological family. Some of you have been contacted by cousin matches who are hoping you can help them in their search. Join Crista Cowan to learn some of the tips and tricks for working with your AncestryDNA results and connecting with your DNA cousins to narrow in on those biological ancestors.…
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We all have them. Genealogy brick walls. Family members we can't find. Join Crista Cowan for a live Q&A session where you can ask her your research questions through Livestream chat and get help crafting a research plan.
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Person Notes. Research Notes. Fact Notes. Source Notes. There are a lot of places to keep notes in Family Tree Maker. Join Crista Cowan for a look at the different notes features in FTM and a look at how she keeps her own notes to help guide her fami ly history research.
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: June 2014 Edition 23:56
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how best to search them to find the stories of your ancestors' lives.
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You can now take FindAGrave on the go. Find grave sites near you. Snap photos of headstones and upload them immediately. Join Crista Cowan for a look at the FindAGrave iOS app and how you can use it to further your own family history and contribute to the genealogy community at large.
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1 The Obituary Daily Times Index and the U.S. Obituary Collection 31:23
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Are you looking for living or recently deceased family members? Join Crista Cowan for a look at The Obituary Times Daily Index and the U.S. Obituary Collection. With more than 44 million records (and more being added every day), these two collections ar e vital to descendancy research.
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1 World War I and World War II Draft Registration Cards 26:33
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In 1917 and 1918, approximately 24 million men living in the United States completed a World War I draft registration card. These registration cards represent approximately 98% of the men under the age of 46 living in the country at that time. Between November 1940 and October 1946, more than 10 million American men between the ages of 18 and 65 registered for the World War II draft. Join Crista Cowan for a look at what these valuable records can tell you about your family members who lived dur…
There are now more than 116 million grave sites catalogued on the FindAGrave.com website. Join Crista Cowan for a look at how best to search these records and how to attach them appropriately to your Ancestry.com tree.
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When would your ancestors' births, marriages, and deaths be recorded by the government and when would they be recorded by the church? Join Crista Cowan for an answer to this question. She'll explain some basic differences between civil registration and church records and what you might expect to find in both that will help you learn more about your ancestors and their families.…
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Did you know that not all records on Ancestry.com are indexed. Without an index these records will never show up in a search but they could be just the key you are looking for to learn more about your ancestors. Join Crista Cowan for a demonstration of how to locate these records and how to save them to your tree.…
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: May 2014 Edition 25:26
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how best to search them to find the stories of your ancestors' lives.
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Knowing more about the religious beliefs of your ancestors can help you understand them better and can often lead to more genealogy records. Those records can help you understand even more about them and their lives. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some tips and tricks for working with the Quaker records now available on Ancestry.com.…
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1 Five Things You Can Do This Weekend to Clean Up Your Family Tree 24:38
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Take a quick research time out and do a little family tree spring cleaning. Join Crista Cowan for five tips to cleaning up your family tree. You might be surprised at how it refreshes and revitalizes your family history research when you learn to look a t it in a different way.
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Just because your ancestor may have a unique name does not make him the only person in the world with that name. He might not even be the only one in his town with that name. Join Crista Cowan for some quick tips about how to know if the John Smith you are tracking is YOUR John Smith.
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When looking at your AncestryDNA matches it is sometimes a little tricky to tell just how they are related to you. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some tips and tricks for comparing family trees to discover common ancestry between you and your AncestryDN A cousins.
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1 Discover More About Your Ancestors in Tax Records 26:33
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Tax day is upon us! Our ancestors had to pay taxes, too. Some of those records have been left behind and can offer up some great family history clues. Join Crista Cowan as she shares where to find tax records on Ancestry.com and what they can tell you about your ancestors.
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: April 2014 Edition 13:37
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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how best to search them to find the stories of your ancestors' lives.
Probate records are one of the richest sources of family history information in existence. Join Crista Cowan for this beginner's look at what's in a will.
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There are a lot of different ways to do family history research. Many of you are familiar with ancestry or pedigree based research where you identify the parents and the grandparents and the great-grandparents and so on back through time. But, you could also do descendancy research - identifying the children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of your ancestors. Join Crista Cowan for some of her best tips about this fun and fascinating kind of research.…
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1 Five Minute Find: One Trick that Will Improve Your Searches for Vital Records 4:29
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1 Correcting Mistakes in Your Own Family Tree 31:58
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We all make mistakes - especially when we are brand new to family history. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some best practices for identifying and correcting common mistakes in your family tree. She'll also share a few bonus tips for correcting mistakes in the trees of others.
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We get so used to searching for people in our family tree by name, that it might not even occur to us to search for them without a name. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some specific examples of instances when people are not recorded by name. She'll sha re search tips and tricks so you can find those records. Then, she will show you how those records are still of great genealogical value.…
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1 AncestryDNA: Contacting and Collaborating with Cousins 28:13
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You took the AncestryDNA test. You got back a list of cousin matches. But, you're not quite sure how you are related to them or what to do with that information. Join Crista Cowan and AncestryDNA Program Manager, Anna Swayne, for a discussion about bes t practices for contacting your DNA cousin matches. They'll also share some of their tips for collaboration so you can work together to discover who your common ancestors might be.…
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Valentine's Day is just around the corner. What better time to pause and preserve the love stories in your family tree? Join Crista Cowan as she shares how to discover, preserve, and share the love stories that brought you into existence.
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1 African American Family History Research: Breaking the 1870 Wall 30:09
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The 1870 U.S. Federal Census was the first time freed African Americans were enumerated with their complete names, ages and birthplaces. They were grouped together in households and had occupations listed. Prior to that enslaved blacks were only listed by age and gender. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some tried and true tips and tricks for identifying your enslaved African American ancestors in slave schedules, wills, estate inventories, and plantation records.…
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RootsTech is a genealogy conference that combines the best of technology and genealogy into a four day event. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of her favorite moments from the conference. She'll also share with you how you can access some of the bes t classes from the event in RootsTech video archives.…
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: February 2014 Edition 22:31
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Many of our ancestors lived in times and places where birth records were not created. However, baptismal or christening records often lend clues to birth information. Join Crista Cowan for a look at these valuable records and how to use them to further your family history research.
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1 Soundex, Wildcards and Other Search Options 29:09
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Many of our ancestors had surnames that could be spelled a variety of ways. Add to that illiteracy, sloppy record keeping and poor handwriting and you may wonder if you will ever find them in the records you are searching. Join Crista Cowan as she share s how Soundex works and explains how to use wildcards on Ancestry.com.…
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1 What Do I Enter Into My Family Tree? Resolving Conflicting Evidence 34:20
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If you've been doing family history for any length of time, you've come across conflicting evidence. Family names spelled different ways in different records. Ages and birthplaces varying wildly from census to census. That inevitably leads to the quest ion - what do I enter in my family tree? Join Crista Cowan for a look at recording and resolving conflicting evidence.…
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Ancestry.com has a lot of records available for researching your New York ancestors. Join Crista Cowan for a look at how to find the New York databases on Ancestry.com and how best to search them to find the family members you are looking for.
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1 Overcoming Preconceived Notions for Family History Success 29:04
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Your whole life you've been told you have Native American ancestry. Grandma said her parents came from Sweden and grandma wouldn't lie, would she? You saw a record once, somewhere, that listed your grandfather as a native of France. We all have preconc eived notions when we start researching our family history. But, sometimes those "facts" get in the way of the truth and create enormous brick walls in our research. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some tips for overcoming preconceived notion…
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1 Top Tips for Beginning Latin American Research 30:43
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1 Understanding More About the Records You Are Using 32:58
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It's been a week and you may have already let some of your New Years' Resolutions go. That means it's the perfect time to set some family history goals. Join Crista Cowan as she shares her goals and some of yours for inspiration. Then share your 2014 f amily history goals in the comments below.
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: January 2014 Edition 32:30
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"Who do I include in my family tree?" We get asked that question every single day. Join Crista Cowan for a discussion about who to include, who not to include and how to keep all of that information manageable.
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Did you take your AncestryDNA test six months ago? A year ago? Thousands of people have taken the test since then. AncestryDNA compares the DNA of each new user to your to provide you with new cousin matches every week. Join Crista Cowan and AncestryDN A Program Manager, Anna Swayne, for a look at how some of our power users are working their matches to learn even more about their family history.…
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: December 2013 Edition 30:00
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Not all sources are created equal. Is it original or derivative? Is the information primary or secondary? Is the evidence direct or indirect? Join Crista Cowan for an explanation of how you can better analyze and rate your sources. She'll then show y ou where in Family Tree Maker 2014 you can record those sources ratings. All of this will help ensure that you are climbing your family tree and not someone else's.…
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1 How Laws Affect the Records Created About Your Ancestors 28:33
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Marriage. Inheritance. Adoption. Property rights. Laws affected the lives of our ancestors. They also determined what records were created and the accessibility of those records. Join Crista Cowan for an overview of how the laws of a specific place and time affect the records that are created about our ancestors and how we can use that knowledge to locate records that will help us climb our family tree.…
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In today's world of technology and sharing, what was once a solitary pursuit has become more collaborative than ever. Joni Crista Cowan as she explains how the choices we make about how we research and enter information into our family tree affects other s. And how, ultimately, these decisions affect our own research as well.…
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1 Sharing Family History With the Genealogically Challenged 29:19
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As we head into the holiday season many of us will be spending more time with extended family. Join Crista Cowan as she shares ideas for a few things you can do this holiday season during your family gatherings to generate more interest in family history among your siblings, cousins, children and grandchildren. Some of these sharing opportunities may even generate new information about your family history or new leads to follow in your research.…
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1 Getting the Most Out of the 1921 Canada Census 36:03
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The 1921 Census of Canada was recently released by the government. Digital images are now online. The collection has been indexed and is now searchable. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of her best tips and tricks for finding your relatives in this important record collection. She will also review what information is included in the census that will enable you to take your research even further.…
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Opportunities for genealogy education abound - this show is just one resource. Join Crista Cowan as she shares how you can find books, seminars, conferences, and websites that will help you increase your knowledge. Are you interested in more information about a specific period of history? Do you want to learn more about genealogy methodology? Are you looking to network with other family historians? There are opportunities for all of this and more.…
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1 Favorite Resources of Professional Genealogists 22:00
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: November 2013 Edition 30:39
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Join Crista Cowan and Anna Swayne as they walk through the new AncestryDNA ethnicity update. They will show you how to understand the science behind the update, share the tools available to explain it to your family members, and let you know what resourc es are available to learn more for yourself.
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We all love to see that shaky leaf pop up in our online tree. If often leads us to census records or draft cards that provide more information about our family history. But, did you know that there is more available? Join Crista Cowan as she explains h ow hints are generated and what your next steps should be in order to make sure you are climbing your family tree and not that of another family.…
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1 Top Tips for Beginning Italian Family History Research 31:24
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1 Top Tips for Beginning Jewish Family History Research 33:12
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Much like a card catalog in a library shows you what books are available, the Ancestry Card Catalog is a listing of the databases available online. Join Crista Cowan as she shows you how to use this free resource to see what is available at Ancestry.com and how it will help your family history research.…
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Ancestry.com has a Learning Center that is filled with rich resources to help you learn more about family history research. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of her favorite research guides, articles and tools. She'll also show you her favorite searc h tips for getting the most out of this FREE resource.…
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: October 2013 Edition 29:40
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1 Family History Records Are Telling More Stories Than Ever 22:02
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You found your ancestor in a census record and attached it to your online tree. But, did you know that you can see who else has attached that same record to their tree? The record tells a story about your ancestor. The journey that record takes could t ell you even more about your family story. Join Crista Cowan for a look at our improved interactive image viewer and discover a whole new way to connect with cousins and grow your family tree.…
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Who should take an AncestryDNA test? Why would you want multiple people in your family to get tested? What can you do with all of those test results? Join Crista Cowan and AncestryDNA Program Manager, Anna Swayne for answers to these questions and more .
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1 Ancestry.com Online Family Trees: Photo Comments and Other Collaboration Tools 16:35
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Are you thinking about upgrading to Family Tree Maker 2014? Join Crista Cowan for a preview of what's new and improved in the latest version of our genealogy software.
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1 Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker: What Your Ancestors' Occupations Can Teach You 32:46
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What did your ancestors do for a living? What can that tell you about them and their lives? Join Crista Cowan as she shares how you can find out what your ancestors did for a living and explains how knowing that can help you uncover even more of your fa mily story.
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1 Discovering Your Colonial Immigrant Ancestor 29:15
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Can you trace your ancestry back to colonial America? What do you know about those first people in each of your family lines who stepped onto American soil? Why did they come here? What were they seeking? Every immigration story is different. Join Cr ista Cowan as she shares some of the most common reasons for colonial immigration and gives some insight into what life was life for your ancestors arriving here between 1620 and 1770. She'll also share some of her favorite records for documen…
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: September 2013 Edition 14:05
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1 New England Birth, Marriage and Death Records 27:21
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The New England states have excellent birth, marriage and death records, often recorded at a town level extending back into the 1600s. Join Crista Cowan as she reviews several databases worth of New England vital records and shows you how to be successfu l in searching them to find your family.
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1 Researching Newspapers to Find Genealogy Gold 25:57
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Historical newspapers were the Facebook of their day - recording the comings and goings of everyone in town. Join Crista Cowan as she shows you how to find newspapers on Ancestry.com and how best to search them.
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1 What Does the War of 1812 Mean for Your Genealogy Research? 25:40
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The War of 1812 is an often overlooked conflict in history. You may have ancestors that participated or were affected. Join Crista Cowan as she shares information about the records created as a result of the War of 1812 and how they can help with your f amily history.
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Growing your family tree often means you end up with a lot of pictures and documents. Join Crista Cowan as she shares how you can categorize your media in Family Tree Maker. This allows you to find it quickly and keep track of what you have and haven't up loaded.
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1 Using Tax Records for Family History Research 27:40
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How does the saying go? There are only two things certain in life - death and taxes. Join Crista Cowan as she helps you discover how tax records can help you find your dead ancestors. Here is a link to read more about these excellent records: http://www.archives.com/experts/jackm...
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1 Ancestry.com Online Family Trees: Uploading Pictures and Documents 22:31
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You can upload your own photos and documents to your online family tree (or through Family Tree Maker). You can attach a single picture or document to multiple people. And, in FTM you can even mark specific pieces of media private. Join Crista Cowan fo r this episode of The Barefoot Genealogist and she will show you how to do all of these things.…
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1 Putting Your Ancestors' Lives in Historical Context 33:57
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When you understand what was happening in the your ancestors' world, it helps you to understand them better. Understanding them better often leads to additional records that help grow your family tree. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of her favorite resources for historical research.
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Some of you haven't put your family tree online yet due to privacy concerns. Some of you have put your family tree online but don't know that you can share it with family members who do not need an Ancestry.com subscription in order to view it and contrib ute. Join Crista Cowan as she explains the privacy rules for Ancestry.com online family trees and then shows you how to share your tree with others. About the presenter: Crista Cowan has been with Ancestry.com since 2004; her interest in family…
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: August 2013 Edition 27:37
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1 AncestryDNA: Using Filters to Focus on One Family at a Time 23:46
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As the database of AncestryDNA users grows, you likely have more and more DNA cousin matches on your list with new ones showing up every week. It would be easy to get overwhelmed. Join Crista Cowan as show shows you how she uses the surname and location filters to focus her family history research and grow her family tree.…
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City directories are a very rich genealogy research. But, you may wonder just what they could possibly tell you besides your ancestors name and address. Join Crista Cowan as she explains how to use city directories to trace your ancestors' residences, o ccupations, and even, possibly when and where they died. She'll also show you how to use city directories as a tool to differentiate between your ancestor and someone with a similar name.…
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Did you know that not all records on Ancestry.com are indexed? Even when there is an index available, sometimes it is useful to view an entire set of passenger lists or a whole neighborhood in the census. Join Crista Cowan as she shares with you how to us e the "browse" features for any collection of images on Ancestry.com. You'll discover how to understand records in context and gain another tool for finding those obscure relatives that might help you break through a genealogy brick wall.…
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Some of the records you find on Ancestry.com are just indexes. The originals are held by an archive, vital records office, church or library And those original records can have a lot more valuable information to help you in your genealogy quest. Join Cris ta Cowan as she shows you how to discover which repository holds the original records you are interested in and how to contact them to order a copy of that original document.…
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1 Top Tips for Beginning English Family History Research 32:21
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: July 2012 Edition 13:20
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1 Family History Focus to Grow Your Family Tree 34:22
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Do you ever get distracted when climbing your family tree? Off you go, up branches and down limbs until you aren't quite sure just where you are or how these people are related to you. Join Crista Cowan as she shares how to set research goals and create a research plan. She'll also share some of her favorite tools and tips to keep from getting distracted but still enjoy the genealogy journey.…
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1 Family Tree Maker 2012: Using Filters to Focus Your Research 33:05
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Family Tree Maker 2012 has a power filtering option that allows you to create custom lists of people in your tree. Want to see all the men in your family tree who were eligible for the World War I Draft? You can do that in FTM. Want to find anyone in y our family tree who ever lived in a specific city? You can do that in FTM. Want to know how many descendants you have identified for a particular ancestor? Yep. You guessed it. You can do that in FTM. Join Crista Cowan as she shows you how t…
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Join Crista Cowan and AncestryDNA Expert, Anna Swayne as they discuss some new filters now available to you to work with your AncestryDNA cousin matches.
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Have you tried out the new Story View in your online family tree? Join Crista Cowan as she shows you how to use Story View to tell your family story in a way that you can share it with your whole family - even those who may be a little genealogically chal lenged.
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1 Cousins Marrying Cousins? Don't Duplicate People in Your Family Tree 20:19
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If you haven't encountered it yet, you will. Many of our ancestors came from a time and place where there just were not that many marriage partners to choose from. So, cousins marrying cousins was a pretty common occurrence. Join Crista Cowan as she sh ows you how to handle "pedigree collapse" in your own family tree without creating duplicates of the same people.…
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1 Top Tips for Canadian Family History Research 29:55
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Did you know that you can create a custom fact for just about anything that may have occurred in your ancestor's life? Join Crista Cowan as she shows you what facts already exist in Family Tree Maker 2012 and how to create a custom fact to record hair col or, alma mater, or anything else you might want to document. She'll also show you how to create a custom report for anyone in your family who shares a similar trait.…
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As we head into summer you may have plans to head out on a vacation. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some tips and tricks for turning any family vacation into a family history vacation - without boring your children or spouse senseless.
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Do you want to know what birth records exist for a specific county? Did you just discover that your ancestor was in the military and need to know what military records might give you the most information about him? The answers to these (and MANY other) ge nealogy questions can be found in the Ancestry.com Family History Wiki. Join Crista Cowan as she shows you how to find the wiki, how to search it, and how to explore it because "we don't know what we don't know."…
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1 What's New at Ancestry.com: June 2013 Edition 23:46
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1 Frequently Asked Questions About AncestryDNA: Part Two 17:48
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More than 120,000 of you have joined our exciting, new AncestryDNA program. You have received your ethnicity breakdown. You have looked at your cousin matches. You continue to get new cousin matches every week as new people take the test and their resu lts are compared to yours. But, some of you still have questions about how to work with your results to grow your family tree. Join Crista Cowan as she interviews AncestryDNA expert, Anna Swayne, in part two of our AncestryDNA FAQ series. Wat…
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Black sheep. Family skeletons. Living people. We all have them - even if we haven't discovered them yet. Someone in the family may have shared sensitive information with you and asked you to keep it private. Maybe you discovered that grandpa had anoth er family or that Uncle Charlie was in prison for a while. And, what about information on living people? Join Crista Cowan as she talks about some of the things that come up as we dig into our family history and suggests some of the ethical c…
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1 Honoring Those Who Died In Service To Their Country 19:40
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Here in the United States we celebrate Memorial Day on the last Monday in May. Not to be confused with Veteran's Day which honors all who have served in the armed forces Memorial Day is a special day set aside to remember those who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Join Crista Cowan as she shows you how to find records on Ancestry.com that will help you tell the story of our fallen military men and women. She will also share with you some ways you can honor their memory t…
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Did you know that Ancestry.com has a large collection of prison records? Did you know that newspapers often published information about local crimes, criminal trials and sentencing? Join Crista Cowan as she shows you how to find these records and how to search them. You may discover a black sheep in your family tree after all.…
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1 Top Tips for Beginning German Family History Research 24:42
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Have ancestors from Germany? Join Crista Cowan as she shows you how to get started in German research, what tools you need access to, and how to find out what German records are available on Ancestry.com.
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There are some pretty powerful search tools available to you right in the Family Tree Maker software. Join Crista Cowan as she shares how to set up and use those tools to find information about your ancestors anywhere on the web.
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1 More Strategies for Finding Your Female Ancestors 24:01
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Women present a unique challenge in family history because their surname changes - from their maiden name to their married name, and maybe again as a husband dies and they remarry. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some additional tips and tricks to findin g the women in your family tree. View our previous video for Finding the Maiden Names of Women here: http://ancstry.me/rEQvss…
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There are a lot of different ways to collaborate with others to grow your family tree. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of her favorite tools, tips and tricks for reaching out and working together. She even has a few secrets for getting information out of family members who might not be all that interested in family history. Want to learn how to use Message Boards to connect with other users? Check out this video: http://ancstry.me/YZz3iw…
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