Historic U.S. newspapers are featured in this week's new and updated records collections, including Hawaii, Colorado,...
Historic U.S. Newspapers & More in New & Updated Records
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01 What’s New Articles
Flour Sack Dresses: Thrifty Fashions from the Great Depression
Flour sack dresses show how resourceful housewives of the past "made do" with whatever was at hand. But they weren't...
National Archives Citizen Archivist Program: Calling all Genealogy Volunteers!
The National Archives Citizen Archivist program is recruiting help to tag, transcribe, and comment on records in the...
Getting Started on Ancestry.com
Getting started on Ancestry.com can be a little daunting. As one of the world's top genealogy websites,...
New Records Include Irish Genealogical Abstracts
Explore new Irish Genealogical Abstracts that have become available this week. They are a great alternative to records...
Found in an Archive: 10 Unexpected Discoveries
What we expect to be found in an archive is documents, photos, memorabilia and other paper-based items. But the...
Listen to Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode #210
with Lisa Louise Cooke In this episode: You've heard of "burned counties," a phrase used to describe places where...
What’s a CentiMorgan, Anyway? How DNA Tests for Family History Measure Genetic Relationships
If you're doing DNA tests for family history, you may see lots of predicted cousin matches: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.....But...
Polish Genealogy: 4 Steps to Find Your Family History
Researching your Polish genealogy may seem a little intimidating at the start. Read these get-started tips from a...
