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FEATURES
On the Charts
How do you put your family tree on paper for posterity? These chart-creation secrets and book-printing basics show you how to share your family history findings in style. By Rick Crume Highlights from our feature story
Plus: Roots of the Family Tree
An exclusive first look at a new book on The Art of Family. By Lynn Betlock
Free Family Tree Chart Bonus!
Record five generations of your family on our classic tree-style chart designed by artist Jen Renninger.
Home on the Range
Follow your frontier ancestors across the Great Plains and into the Rockies with our guide to the best resources for plowing up your pioneer roots.
By Nancy Hendrickson Highlights from our feature story
Plus: Reality TV, Frontier Style
Three 21st-century families re-create homesteading on the 1883 Montana frontier for a new PBS series. By Susan Wenner
Reel Treasures
Discover what you can learn about your family history from old home movies and how to preserve these priceless pieces of your past. By Maureen A. Taylor Highlights from our feature story
Great Scot!
It's a great time to have Scottish roots, with easy access to more resources and records than ever before. Here's how to look past the plaid and get started finding your Scottish ancestors. By Linda Jonas and Paul Milner Highlights from our feature story
History on Tap
Drink deeply of Milwaukee's genealogy resources and ethnic heritage with our guide to the historic best of the brewing cityjust in time for the National Genealogical Society conference there. By David A. Fryxell Highlights from our feature story
All Aboard
Did your ancestor take an "orphan train" from the big city to a foster home in the country? Get on board to trace the roots of foster children from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By Clark Kidder Highlights from our feature story
COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS
Out on a Limb
Filling in the blanks on a family tree chart with a little long-distance help. By David A. Fryxell
Making Connections
Family Tree Magazine's readers write.
Branching Out
What's new in discovering, preserving and celebrating your family's history, including: Connecting the two Bostons The DAR gets a new Spirit o British census overload NARA starts opening its mail again California and Texas records go under wraps. Edited by Susan Wenner
Living History
Summer's best bets for celebrating your heritage and reliving your history, including: Scots-Irish mark almost 300 years in Elizabethtown, Pa. Bavarian-style fun in Frankenmuth, Mich. The cavalry comes to Sturgis, SD Abe Lincoln camps out in Alexandria, Va. By Crystal Conde
Preserving Memories
Scrapbooking your way through the Roaring '20s, plus new photo paper, punches and page techniques.
Now What?
Cracking great-grandma's diary code and documenting divorce and remarriage on your family tree. You have Q's; we have A's.
Everything's Relative
The lighter side of family history, including a piano puzzle and the tale of "the white ghost."
The Toolkit
Ancestry unveils its own family tree softwareand we put it to the test. Plus: Three sites put genealogy journals just a click away Web resources for finding Great Lakes ancestors Family photos on your PDA Historical whodunnits. Edited by Allison Stacy
Time Capsule
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian ponders self-identity, name tags and historical accidents. By Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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