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Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and fun She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how to best search them to find the st ories of your ancestors' lives.

Many of our ancestors had surnames that could be spelled a variety of ways. Add to that illiteracy, sloppy record keeping and poor handwriting and you may wonder if you will ever find them in the records you are searching. Join Crista Cowan as she share s how Soundex works and explains how to use wildcards on Ancestry.com.

Many of our ancestors had surnames that could be spelled a variety of ways. Add to that illiteracy, sloppy record keeping and poor handwriting and you may wonder if you will ever find them in the records you are searching. Join Crista Cowan as she share s how Soundex works and explains how to use wildcards on Ancestry.com.

Many of our ancestors lived in times and places where birth records were not created. However, baptismal or christening records often lend clues to birth information. Join Crista Cowan for a look at these valuable records and how to use them to further your family history research.

Many of our ancestors lived in times and places where birth records were not created. However, baptismal or christening records often lend clues to birth information. Join Crista Cowan for a look at these valuable records and how to use them to further your family history research.

If you've been doing family history for any length of time, you've come across conflicting evidence. Family names spelled different ways in different records. Ages and birthplaces varying wildly from census to census. That inevitably leads to the quest ion - what do I enter in my family tree? Join Crista Cowan for a look at recording and resolving conflicting evidence.

If you've been doing family history for any length of time, you've come across conflicting evidence. Family names spelled different ways in different records. Ages and birthplaces varying wildly from census to census. That inevitably leads to the quest ion - what do I enter in my family tree? Join Crista Cowan for a look at recording and resolving conflicting evidence.

Do you have Latin American ancestry? Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of the top tips that will help you trace your ancestors from Central and South American.

Your whole life you've been told you have Native American ancestry. Grandma said her parents came from Sweden and grandma wouldn't lie, would she? You saw a record once, somewhere, that listed your grandfather as a native of France. We all have preconc eived notions when we start researching our family history. But, sometimes those "facts" get in the way of the truth and create enormous brick walls in our research. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some tips for overcoming preconceived notion

Ancestry.com has a lot of records available for researching your New York ancestors. Join Crista Cowan for a look at how to find the New York databases on Ancestry.com and how best to search them to find the family members you are looking for.

Do you have Latin American ancestry? Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of the top tips that will help you trace your ancestors from Central and South American.

Your whole life you've been told you have Native American ancestry. Grandma said her parents came from Sweden and grandma wouldn't lie, would she? You saw a record once, somewhere, that listed your grandfather as a native of France. We all have preconc eived notions when we start researching our family history. But, sometimes those "facts" get in the way of the truth and create enormous brick walls in our research. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some tips for overcoming preconceived notion

Ancestry.com has a lot of records available for researching your New York ancestors. Join Crista Cowan for a look at how to find the New York databases on Ancestry.com and how best to search them to find the family members you are looking for.

Where did this record come from? Why was it created? What's included in this particular database and what's not? Join Crista Cowan for a look at how you can learn more about the records you are using in your family history research. These records were n't created for genealogy purposes but understanding them better will help make your research time more effective and your family tree more accurate.

Where did this record come from? Why was it created? What's included in this particular database and what's not? Join Crista Cowan for a look at how you can learn more about the records you are using in your family history research. These records were n't created for genealogy purposes but understanding them better will help make your research time more effective and your family tree more accurate.