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Thanks to those of you who were able to join today’s small group session. We discussed an upcoming announcement at Ancestry along with the upcoming webinars for the fall season here and more. Next, we talked about our the assignment from last session: Get familiar with larger slave markets in your ancestral area. What were […]

Thanks to those of you who were able to join today’s small group session. We discussed the  new documentation projects for US Colored Troops and Navy based out of Natchez, the Black Homesteaders Project, getting prepared for the release of the Freedmen’s Bureau on Ancestry, and more. Next, we talked about our the assignment from

Thanks to those of you who were able to join today’s small group session. We discussed the recent passage of Juneteenth as a federal holiday along with ideas of how to teach around Critical Race Theory, and more. Next, we talked about our the assignment from last session: Begin reading The Ledger and The Chain

Thanks to those of you who were able to join today’s small group session. We discussed the recently released Red Cross photo album with pictures from the Tulsa Race Massacre, we discussed the recent state legislation changes around “critical race theory,” what Family Tree looks like on 23andMe, 23andMe+ features, and more. Next, we talked

Thanks to those of you who were able to join today’s small group session. We discussed how to find new collections posted on Ancestry and FamilySearch, the updated U.S. Public Records Index and Texas marriages. Next, we talked about our the assignment from last session: Identify one of your more heavily utilized databases. Examine how

Have you ever had trouble remembering how many grandparents you have per generation? Or, perhaps you want to know how much DNA you can inherit from a particular ancestor, especially if they have ancestry from a specific location? Or, maybe you want to see how many generations it would take you to trace back to

Thanks to those of you who were able to join today’s small group session. We did an ice breaker and I showed a new change in the user experience atAncestryDNA. Next, we talked about our the assignment from last session: Select one of your potential ancestors based on your DNA results on ThruLines (AncestryDNA) or

Thanks to those of you who were able to join today’s small group session. We did check-ins,  Next, we talked about our biggest mistakes as family historians by answering the following questions:   What caused you to make the mistake?  What were some of the things that lead you down the wrong path and kept

Is your data still there? If so, seriously consider why you should remove it. I’ve been warning about this for more than three years. Of note in this article: “On January 14, a technical snafu at GEDmatch caused previously deleted user data to be restored for two days. It’s the second security incident the database