With prices lower than ever and curiosity about our genetic past at an all time high, DNA tests are popular gifts. Here are some important things to keep in mind while you’re waiting for your results.
Ancestry is following up on the extremely popular 50% off flash sale they ran in November with a similar offer for the New Year.
If you’ve ever transcribed the text of an old genealogy record by hand, you know how time-consuming the task can be. Even if you just plan to pull out the most important information from a record to include in your family …
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As interest in family history research continues to grow more and more researchers are taking the time to educate themselves about genealogy best practices so they can grow an accurate family tree. Family historians are understanding the value of doing their own unique research, avoiding copying the trees of others, and taking more time to properly source their trees for the benefit of everyone. But a surprising number are not taking the time to do the most important thing they can do for their research.
If you’ve been waiting for some amazing Black Friday and Cyber Monday genealogy deals to come along, the time has come. Top companies are offering big savings this weekend so grab them while you can. Most of these deals end on Cyber Monday or shortly after.
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DNA testing for genealogy is more common than ever, but it’s also expensive. Although we’ve seen prices drop quite a bit in recent years the cost is still too much for many to justify. If you’ve been holding off on testing your own DNA, or on expanding your testing to relatives whose information may help your research, the information in this article will help you overcome this cost-hurdle.
Unlike many of the resources we cover here on Family History Daily, such as these free US state genealogy resources, ArchiveGrid does not provide direct access to records online. Instead, it is a catalog of catalogs.
If you’re not obsessed with using newspapers in your genealogy research you are missing out on one of the greatest sources of rich family history details available.
This is the story of how Reclaim The Records fought and won the right to digitize and make available online the New York State Death Index. Thanks to their efforts these important records from 1880-1956 can now be found completely free on …
The Surprising Battle to Bring the New York Death Index Online and How to Find it Free .