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Category: ancestry
Review Online genealogy tutorials and guides. Consult our genealogy research articles. The Basics, from the USGenWeb Project How to get started in Genealogy, from the Genealogy Adventures team.
Understanding DNA Percentages (Presentation pdf)
This presentation was delivered to the Utah Genealogical Association’s membership in September 2019. The discussion laid…
Using the right DNA testing tool to answer the right ancestry question
UPDATE: 25 June 2014. My ancestry.com DNA results are in. You can read about the results…
Genealogy Adventures: Our Everyday European, Native, and African-descended research resources (pdf)
This file was a handout for a presentation I gave at the Library of Virginia’s Family…
GA S03 E03: Scotchtown: Enslaved family genealogy research with Jennifer Hurst-Wender & Andi Cumbo-Floyd
In this episode, we spoke with Jennifer Wender-Hurst (Preservation Virginia) and writer/editor Andi Cumbo-Floyd about the…
GA S03 E02: Gullah Geechee Genealogy with Althea Sumpter
In this episode, we spoke with researcher Althea Sumpter, who comes from the Gullah community in…
Adapting the Beyond Kin approach + cluster genealogy to research poorly documented ancestors
The enslavement of a third of my ancestors forced me to develop a skillset that would…
GA S03 E01: Native American Genealogy with Chief Lonzado Langley (Euchee, SC)
In this episode, we spoke with Chief Lonzado Langley of the Euchee in South Carolina about…