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Nocturnal Writer @Nakitakona (59987) • Philippines 16 Aug

Yes it's indeed. Yesterday Saturday my wife and I attended our Branch 1 Family Home Evening. Several members of Church were present. My granddaughter, Aja, from my eldest daughter Dona Greece was one of the 4 resource...

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Another Ancestry Find!

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 3 Aug

So, as I mentioned yesterday (or maybe the day before…time is a blur when you’re deep in the family tree rabbit hole), I’ve been doing some history digging on Ancestry.com. I’ve found all kinds of old pictures and documents. It’s...

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Family Tree Score

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 2 Aug

Every few years I get the itch to do more research on my family tree. Mostly my dad's. I haven't seen my dad in thirty plus years and have only talked to him a handful of times since. So I have many questions about his family....

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To do or not to do.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 2 Feb 25

Hey everyone! I’ve been thinking about trying one of those 23andMe DNA tests for quite a while now. I’ve always loved exploring family history and DNA stuff, and there’s so much I don’t know about my dad’s side of the family....

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Johann Jacob Wagner and Mary E Frankart

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 19 May 24

When digging through family tree stuff on Ancestry.com earlier I traced my paternal grandfather's paternal line back to my great-great-great-great grandparents. I always get a little excited when a picture pops up with the tips...

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Genealogy - finding family

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 1 Mar 24

I have been working on my family tree since 1974. I've got well over 20,000 names, although not a few are actually in-law lines I got carried away with. I've been deleting them periodically. Yes, they are related in some way to...

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I've never been so Irish

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 29 Feb 24

Actually, I have been all along and didn't know it. My mother has been going through some old papers her sisters left behind and found a document that shows my twice great-grandfather emigrated from Caricknamanna, County Donegal,...

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Do You Do Genealogy? Have You Made a Family Tree?

CAPirani Photography & Art @capirani (2817) • United States 17 Dec 23

I have a family tree on Ancestry dot com and now on My Heritage. I have been on Ancestry since 2009, but just started out on My Heritage. I have done my DNA on both sites, but I still have a big brick wall I have not been able to...

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Have you heard of defenestration?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382357) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Nov 21

The only connection between the photo and the text is the window. My niece’s husband has been researching his family tree and has discovered that one of his relatives died as a result of defenestration. I thought the word would...

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Ever since

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 30 Aug 21

I was in the hospital in the later part of 1985 when I got out I was bored and the following I was able to start doing some activities. Therefore I started to do something that was easy and not much cost...

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My Grandma Created Big Numbers in Her Life

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 3 Jun 20

I had posted two days ago that my granny turned 102 this year. I cannot help to count numbers in her life. In fact, she and my grandpa created a large family tree. They have nine (9) children, twenty-five (25) grandchildren, and...

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Family Trees

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 20 Jan 19

Decided to start a blog on my family tree. Not sure how far I'll get as it may be difficult tracking my mum's side. She had an interesting upbringing. It was like something out of a historic novel. She was born 'out of...

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Good Samaritans assist a shopper who was being assaulted by a man

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122266) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 2 Nov 18

Due to the sensitive nature of the crime, the names of the assault victim and the Good Samaritans who saved her from being assaulted refused to give out their last name. Kriston who was shopping inside a discount store in...

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Genealogy: Favorite Resources

skydancer @skydancer (2101) • United States 29 May 18

I have been researching my genealogy off and on since early 2003. Over time, I have made use of different resources to aid me in my research. Here are some of my favorites. 1. Ancestry.Com Everyone probably knows this one,...

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It's Just The Two of Us Today

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 5 Apr 18

Darling daughter is at work, and hubby suggested that we go into the city today for lunch. Haven't done that in a long time and it will be really nice... just the two of us. Not sure what else he has planned for the day, but I...

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Quite An Exciting Morning!!

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 30 Mar 18

I found a new cousin that is listed as a 3rd cousin thanks to our mutual DNA test. That is REALLY close. All she had on her tree was a set of parents and one set of grandparents but it was close enough to know that we are...

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Family trees. Finding our roots.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 15 Jan 18

I have attempted this several times in the past and have always given up when things have gotten to muddled or hard. But I would really like to see just how far back I can go. So here goes another attempt. I know that my fathers...

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I Found a NEW Genealogy Helplist Yesterday

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 2 Sep 17

As most of you know, I have been cleaning out my “home office.” Yesterday, I found this magazine “Family Tree Magazine” that I had evidently set aside several years ago when I had first thought about researching my family...

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DNA... We Found Another One!!

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 8 Jul 17

Sometimes DNA Tests Blow Me Away! I took my test in late December and each couple of days one or two new cousins show up... and yes they are real. I obviously haven't gone through all of them yet, but I have found several who...

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I'm Related to Davy Crockett!!!

Chris Bergstrom @chrissbergstrom (10767) • Banks, Oregon 12 May 17

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