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Home / Archives for Nancy Hendrickson

How I Solved a 90-Year-Old Family Mystery with a DNA Match

Nancy Hendrickson January 25, 2019 updated on January 28, 2019
How do you solve a 90-year-old family mystery of an unknown grandparent? With perseverance and a DNA match.
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Record Errors on Ancestry.com (and How to Fix Them)

Nancy Hendrickson January 15, 2019 updated on January 22, 2019
Online record errors are more common than you think. Learn about the two most common record errors, how they occur, and steps you can take to correct them.
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Scotland Timeline

Nancy Hendrickson June 18, 2018 updated on February 1, 2019

A sampling of Scottish history.

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10 Top Tech Tools for Sharing Family History

Nancy Hendrickson February 26, 2018 updated on March 26, 2018
You’ve started discovering your family history—now it’s time to share it. These 10 top tech tools will help you tell your family story in engaging ways.
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Become a Master of Ancestry.com’s Search Options

Nancy Hendrickson February 21, 2018 updated on February 21, 2018
Not getting the results you want on Ancestry.com? Our close look at the site’s search options will help you refocus those off-target searches to find your ancestors’ records.
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South Carolina Fast Facts and Key Resources

Nancy Hendrickson August 29, 2017 updated on September 7, 2017
It's National South Carolina Day! Let's take a few minutes learn some fast facts about the Palmetto State and check out a few key resources!
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Tutorial: Searching for an Ancestor in a Mortality Schedule on Ancestry.com

Nancy Hendrickson January 12, 2017 updated on August 18, 2017
Can't find your ancestor in the US federal census? Special censuses might be your answer. Check out this exercise from author Nancy Hendrickson.
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Get The Most Out of Ancestry.com’s Leaf Hints

Nancy Hendrickson December 19, 2016 updated on August 18, 2017
Those irresistible Ancestry.com leaf hints help you quickly add relatives and records to your online tree—when used wisely. We’ll help you become a hint master.
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Quick Guide: Online Photo Editors

Nancy Hendrickson April 13, 2016 updated on August 18, 2017
With news that Google is abandoning its photo-editing service, Picasa, you may be wondering how you’ll edit your pictures now. The choices are many, both online and via...
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Six Key Ancestry.com Collections

Nancy Hendrickson September 8, 2015 updated on August 18, 2017
Discover the best collections Ancestry.com has to offer for finding information on your ancestors.
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Learn what surprising relationships hide within presidential family trees.

Hail to the Chief: Strange Facts about Presidential Family Trees

Author: Andrew Koch February 18, 2019 updated on February 15, 2019
Discover what strange relationships lie in presidential family trees.
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Learn about mirror trees and how to use them with your DNA results.

DNA Q&A: Analyzing DNA Matches Using Mirror Trees

Diahan Southard February 17, 2019 updated on February 17, 2019
Just what are "mirror trees," and what do they have to do with your DNA results? Our DNA expert explains this technique for exploring DNA matches, as well as some alternatives...
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Make your genealogy research logs easy with these tips from our workshop

Conquer Your Genealogy Research Log

Vanessa Wieland February 17, 2019 updated on February 13, 2019
Do research logs seem like a lot of work? When you understand why your log is so useful to your research, you'll find plenty of ways to make it easy to use.
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