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"To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root."
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Step-by-step help by record type — census, vital records, immigration & ship manifests, military, newspapers, and DNA basics.
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Websites & Software
The best places to find records — FamilySearch, Ancestry, the National Archives — and the programs to organize your family tree once you do.
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Research Roadmap
Not sure where to look next? Tell it what you're trying to find — a birthplace, an immigration date — and it points you to the right records and websites.
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Helpful Terms
Ahnentafel, GEDCOM, pedigree, collateral line, probate, centimorgan — the genealogy vocabulary, one line each.
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