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Solving Mysteries Using Your DNA Results

Posted on February 19, 2019August 29, 2024 by Marie

This is the second article of a 3-part series focusing on your DNA results: Disappointed with Your DNA Ethnicity Estimates? Solving Mysteries Using Your DNA Results How to – Delicately – Approach a New-Found Relative In my last post, I wrote about taking a huge grain of salt regarding ethnicity results you may have received from a Read More…

Breaking Through Brick Walls: Census Records

Posted on October 16, 2017August 29, 2024 by Marie

The inevitable brick wall. They are a part of every genealogist’s journey, so don’t be put off when you hit yours. Brick walls take extra patience, creative thinking and sometimes sheer luck to crack, but it’s an amazing sense of accomplishment when you do eventually find that missing piece of information. One of the most Read More…