Description

This may be our favorite issue ever! We sat down with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and discussed everything Finding Your Roots! We’re also helping you build your own time capsule and helping you build solid goals for 2019. Plus much more!

What’s Inside!

Highlights from this issue include:

• 6 expert fixes to fill the gaps in your family tree
• 47 tips for genealogy research success
• Month-by-month success plan
• FREE DNA cheat sheet

Contents

Getting to the Roots

By Sunny Jane Morton

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., host of the hit genealogy show “Finding Your Roots,” takes us behind the scenes for a sneak peek at the upcoming season. by Sunny Jane Morton

Go for the Goal

By Sunny Jane Morton

Stay on task with a genealogy resolution a month for 2019. We’ve got your game plan with simple, customizable steps.

Tales Untold

By Melvin J. Collier

Built over the site where ships arrived with thousands of chained Africans, Charleston’s new museum will tell the stories of people and places shaped by the international slave trade.

48 Blasts from the Past

By Denise May Levenick

Take a peek inside seven of history’s coolest time capsules, then create your own family time capsule in fi e easy steps.

When lost, burned or otherwise

By Marsha Hoff man Rising

When lost, burned or otherwise nonexistent records leave gaps in your family tree, fi ll in the blanks with these six expert tricks.

Plus!

• State Research Guides: Virginia and Nevada
• Lisa’s Picks
• Timeline
• Family History Home
• Stories to Tell
• Your Turn
• Photo Detective
• Now What
• Tech Toolkit