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Published: Sun, 02/08/15

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The Cousin Connection: Explaining the Various Levels of Cousins
The Cousin Connection: Explaining the Various Levels of Cousins
Do you know your cousins? Not the cousins you grew up with, but the many cousins you are going to encounter in your genealogical research? Once you get far enough into your genealogy research, you will be faced with a list of cousins of varying degrees of closeness to you. Making sense of just how close those cousins are to you is key to understanding your family tree as a whole, as well as where those cousins fall on it. Knowing your exact cousin relationship can also help you verify DNA matches if you do DNA testing...

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Cemetery Research on the Internet (A Genealogy Guide)

​There’s little a genealogist loves more than tramping through an old cemetery. That’s because we have an insatiable desire to learn more about our ancestors, when and where they lived, and their final resting place. In today’s modern world, so many people live hundreds or thousands of miles from their 18th or 19th century ancestral homes that on-site cemetery research often has to wait for a family vacation or business trip.

How frustrating to find a clue about a family burial plot, only to be prevented by distance to visit in person. Fortunately, this short guide will show you how do cemetery research from your own home, as well as how to request tombstone photos at a distance...

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Latest Podcast from Ancestral Findings
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Do you have British ancestors in your family tree? You’re in good company. As a former part of the British Empire, the vast majority of Americans whose families have been here for more than a generation have at least a little bit of British ancestry. Most of them have far more than that. If you’re just getting started researching your genealogy, you will eventually get to that British branch or branches. In historic terms, British usually means English. If it is after the Act of Union in 1707, then British also includes Scottish ancestry. Prior to that, Scottish ancestry was a separate thing….
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