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FamilySearch’s New AI Tool Makes Unindexed Records Searchable for First Time

While genealogy sites like FamilySearch, MyHeritage and Ancestry let family historians search their ancestors’ names among billions of records in thousands of databases, a large number of online records are actually not yet indexed and will never turn up in a search. Because indexing requires people to read and transcribe each record in whole or …

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Here’s How to Find Tens of Thousands of Family History Books for Free

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Countless Americans Never Returned Home After War: Find Their Burial Records Here

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The 2 Minute Cyndi’s List Experiment That Helped Me Find My Elusive Ancestor

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How To Quickly Find Free Genealogy Records Through the Digital Public Library of America

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The Surprising Battle to Bring the New York Death Index Online and How to Find it Free

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This Unique Site Lists Nearly 100,000 Occupational Records for Free

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Were Your Ancestors Affected by Disaster? This Site Will Help You Uncover Their Stories

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4 Events That Changed Our Ancestors’ Lives Forever, and the Records They Left Behind

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10 Free Genealogy Apps to Help You With Your Research

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More Than 100,000 Free Genealogy Records Can Now Be Found on Internet Archive

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These Old Fire Insurance Maps Reveal a Surprising Amount of Genealogy Data

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Millions of Homestead Act and Other Land Records Are Free Online from the BLM

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The “Secret” Codes on Death Certificates That Can Tell You How Your Ancestors Died

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The Forgotten Federal Census of 1885 Can Be Found Online for Free

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Millions of Immigrants Never Set Foot on Ellis Island – Find Their Records Here

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The Important National Death Registers That Many Family Historians Miss

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Absolutely Free Genealogy Research Sites for Every Single U.S. State

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How to View Thousands of Free Records on Ancestry Without a Subscription

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This May be the Fastest Way Ever to Scan Old Family Photos, and it’s Free

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Ancestry to Offer Free Access to 1+ Billion UK and Irish Records

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Search 10 Million Free Newspaper Pages for Your Ancestors

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City Directories: This Underused Resource May Hold the Details You’ve Been Looking For

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This Google Trick Reveals Thousands of Free Genealogy Books on Amazon

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Did Your Ancestors Come Through Ellis Island? Here’s How to Find Out

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Have European Ancestry? Here are 30 Free Genealogy Sites to Search

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Access Paid Genealogy Databases for Free With This Simple Trick

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Explore the Past With These 3 Free Newspaper Archives

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Why These Draft Cards are Such an Important Addition to Your Family Tree

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9 Free Military and War Related Record Collections for Genealogy

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Fascinating Interactive Map Shows Immigration to the US from 1830 Onwards

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These Old Passport Applications May Hold the Missing Genealogy Info You Need