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Ancestry/Genealogy

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5. I'm 74 y/o And Finally Getting Interested In Exploring My Family Tree....

Tue Feb 7, 2023, 04:25 PM

Feb 2023

How do I get started on that? Can you give me some pointers to get me started?

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I just reactivated Ancestry to brush up my family tree a bit. Got a few shockers [View all] NewHendoLib Feb 2023 OP

I trust the old family trees done by real genealogists of their day bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #1

Agreed. NewHendoLib Feb 2023 #2

Yes, it is an endless exercise in digging! NewHendoLib Feb 2023 #4

One way to get started TuxedoKat Feb 2023 #14

It is so much fun to find out who are ancestors are, going way back. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #6

You should remember though SCantiGOP Feb 2023 #7

Ha! Hell, they were Puritans! NewHendoLib Feb 2023 #8

But they "bundled" as sleeping arrangements back then Hestia Feb 2023 #13

DNA sometimes proves them correct Doc Sportello Feb 2023 #9

I'd be interested in past life regression..... Karadeniz Feb 2023 #10

My sister and I did a lot on our tree.... QED Feb 2023 #11

I always wonder how accurate these commercial ancestry companies are? mitch96 Feb 2023 #12