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Why can't I find a US arrival record for my Irish ancestor?
5:27
Why can't I find a US arrival record for my Irish ancestor?
Pitfalls with oral histories and memoirs
6:01
Pitfalls with oral histories and memoirs
Did your female ancestor really get married in her teens?
6:08
Did your female ancestor really get married in her teens?
Improving Ancestry com's MyTreeTags feature
4:39
Improving Ancestry com's MyTreeTags feature
Why your Scotch-Irish ancestors moved so frequently
5:41
Why your Scotch-Irish ancestors moved so frequently
Why did you accept that hint? A new ancestry.com feature.
2:59
Why did you accept that hint? A new ancestry.com feature.
Genealogy records & U.S. Immigration Laws
5:01
Genealogy records & U.S. Immigration Laws
Disabling ancestry.com's hints doesn't actually disable ancestry.com's hints
1:51
Disabling ancestry.com's hints doesn't actually disable ancestry.com's hints
Book Review: American Nations
4:00
Book Review: American Nations
Ideas to improve Ancestry.com hints
4:00
Ideas to improve Ancestry.com hints
Classifying genealogy-related images with Azure's Custom Vision Service
3:12
Classifying genealogy-related images with Azure's Custom Vision Service
My thoughts on Ancestry.com's DNA ThruLines beta
4:39
My thoughts on Ancestry.com's DNA ThruLines beta
Did Ellis Island immigration officers really change surnames?
4:50
Did Ellis Island immigration officers really change surnames?
Research siblings to break through genealogical brick walls
4:05
Research siblings to break through genealogical brick walls
Do you have the right map? They change...
3:44
Do you have the right map? They change...
Distance can help distinguish between individuals with the same name & age
4:50
Distance can help distinguish between individuals with the same name & age
Why you should delete people from your family tree
3:45
Why you should delete people from your family tree
Researching your ancestor's friends, associates & neighbors can help break through brick walls
4:53
Researching your ancestor's friends, associates & neighbors can help break through brick walls
The DAR has tough-to-find genealogy resources
3:23
The DAR has tough-to-find genealogy resources
Proving your lineage to others using an independent genealogy organization
3:40
Proving your lineage to others using an independent genealogy organization
If you don't understand your ancestors' cultures you'll make mistakes
3:02
If you don't understand your ancestors' cultures you'll make mistakes
Genealogy brick walls: Breaking through just by re-reading what you have
4:22
Genealogy brick walls: Breaking through just by re-reading what you have
Genealogy tools need to support more naming conventions
3:13
Genealogy tools need to support more naming conventions
Simplifying citations for offline genealogy resources
2:49
Simplifying citations for offline genealogy resources
Understanding colonial-era German names in genealogy: they're not the same as English names
3:43
Understanding colonial-era German names in genealogy: they're not the same as English names
Jumping to conclusions - common genealogy mistakes
3:40
Jumping to conclusions - common genealogy mistakes
How baby names can help break through genealogical brick walls
3:14
How baby names can help break through genealogical brick walls
Expecting dates in records to be exact: common genealogy mistakes
3:40
Expecting dates in records to be exact: common genealogy mistakes
People lie about their age - how to handle it in genealogy
4:58
People lie about their age - how to handle it in genealogy
Not distinguishing married vs. maiden names
2:32
Not distinguishing married vs. maiden names