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1. The World of Genealogy Research After spending a few years researching my own family tree I wanted to "branch" out a bit.  I enjoy digging up new finds and not only strictly for myself.  I love doing research in general and jump on the chance to look up informat...
2. The Border Reivers Have you traced your family history? Do you know the origin of your name? Have you checked the genealogy of your family tree? If you can find your surname on the map below then your ancestors were probably Reiver's, one of the clans that roamed th...
3. Trace your Dutch roots online If you have Dutch ancestors and want to find out more about them, you will be pleasantly surprised about the wealth of information that is freely available on the internet. In this lens, I will guide you to the best places to find your Dutch ancestors...
4. Can DNA Testing Confirm Jewish Ancestry? Many people are asking these types of questions, especially today with the Hebraic Roots and Two-House movement exploding throughout many western and even eastern countries. One of the best answers I've come across was by Bennett Greenspan himself, t...
5. Genealogy and Family History Paul Duxbury is fast becoming one of the leading experts on researching your Family History through the internet.  He owns a wide variety of Genealogy Websites all of which aim to provide Family Historians and Genealogists with access to helpfu...
6. How to Begin Your Genealogy Research Doing genealogical research - tracing your roots, or building your family tree - is an exciting and fulfilling project. There's no one "right way" to get started, but in this lens I'll share my ideas, lots of resources, and the tools that have worked...
7. Shaking Your Family Tree - a Genealogy Guide Who were your great grandparents? What did they do? Where did they live? It's amazing what you can find out when you give your family tree a metaphorical shake and start to delve into the past. In this lens I'll suggest some ways to go about...
8. Native American DNA Testing Look back into the history of your family with Native American DNA testing. You can do this at home and the results are 99% accurate.
9. Geneology Wouldn't it be fantastic to find your family roots? Are you feeling alone and want to find out who those people you call "family" and "ancestors" truly were? Just who ARE your ancestors? Well, you are about to go down the halls of genealogy! There a...
10. Texas History Hunter This lens is about my love of genealogy, research and family history. I have been involved in my family research since 1982 and have been assisting others since 1990. Be sure to visit PAGE 2
11. Family Heirlooms Alas, I don't have many. After researching my family tree, I found out why. Most of my ancestors were labourers, carpenters, servants and the occasional smuggler! Consequently not much of any value, either sentimental or monietary, has been passed do...
12. Genealogy, ancestry and family tree Discovering the family tree is steadily becoming a major internet-based hobby. Until some time ago, genealogy research was reserved for scholars who needed to have access to academic libraries and all sort of obscure archives. For lay people, those r...
13. Where Can I Find People? Our aim is to provide you with advice and guidance on how you can find people! Locating people used to be really hard. Most of the tasks of tracing people's addresses or finding out other important information are left to the care of private investi...
14. Family Genealogy Scout H i everyone. I started searching for my family tree about 2003. Via search on the Internet, I ran across what appear to be a distant cousin. Now mind you, my maiden name is Smiley. It is not real uncommon but not that common either. At the time I w...
15. Search for Birth Records - find long-lost relatives and ancestors Genealogy can be a fascinating hobby, but it is time consuming. Talking to living relatives about their family is the usual starting point - but what then? Birth Records offer good leads to family connections. This lens will offer help as you researc...
16. How Not To Trace Your Family History In the UK Genealogy takes you on an amazing journey of discovery to learn who your family were, where they came from and how they lived. But how would you feel if you made a mistake which meant you were actually tracing someone elses family history? Recently...
17. Finding Ephraim: Jewry in the Diaspora Thanks to all my regular visitors who are making good use of the Finding Ephraim series. It makes me happy to know that you are using these Squidoo lenses as a resource. Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with by leaving comments,...
18. Your Family Genealogy Research: Where Great Stories Are Born! Genealogy is the history of you! History means the story of the past, FAMILY HISTORY means the story of your family's past-Your Heritage. Family genealogy goes beyond simple bookkeeping of names of your ancestors. Family history searches out the live...
19. GEDCOM Transformation GEDCOM is an acronym for Genealogical Data Communication as a specification for a lineage-linked database. In practice, the word GEDCOM is also used to refer to data files whose formats follow the specification. GEDCOM is not a genealogical spec...
20. Genealogy Products Reviewed As a keen Genealogist I know that there are a wide variety of Genealogy Products available.  Some of these Genealogy Products are worthy of further investigation and the purpose of Genealogy Products Reviewed is to bring you reviews of some of&...