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Handling and storage tips for old Family Bible
Awarded Apr 7 at 18:38
What is the significance of the character "j" at the end of a Roman Numeral?
Awarded Jul 21, 2024 at 9:17
How far back is a mtDNA match of genetic distance 2 likely to be?
Awarded Jun 4, 2024 at 20:55
Did son-in-law have a different meaning in mid-19th century England?
Awarded May 8, 2024 at 11:36
Contacting living distant relatives?
Awarded Jan 29, 2024 at 23:05
How many ancestors alive 1000 years ago does a person have on average?
Awarded Nov 25, 2023 at 1:10
Where can I find information on buildings that have been demolished?
Awarded May 13, 2023 at 13:47
Free/open software or method to convert PAF file to GEDCOM?
Awarded Feb 11, 2023 at 13:51
How to merge Gedcom files?
Awarded Jul 13, 2022 at 8:05
Do we have more female than male ancestors?
Awarded Jan 8, 2022 at 3:52
Until what age did little boys in the early 1900s wear dresses?
Awarded Dec 2, 2021 at 19:18
Does Ancestry.com have a developer API?
Awarded Jul 26, 2021 at 0:05
Distinguishing half sibling, uncle or half nephew using Ancestry DNA?
Awarded Jun 30, 2021 at 2:27
Finding out which Freemasons' lodge ancestor belonged to?
Awarded May 25, 2021 at 19:01
Can Ancestry.com DNA matches be wrong
Awarded May 22, 2021 at 8:55
Gravestones without date of death seems odd. Is it common?
Awarded Apr 13, 2021 at 1:11
Converting Family Tree Maker .ftmb files to GEDCOM file format?
Awarded Nov 25, 2020 at 3:20
Understanding last three columns of 1910 US Census?
Awarded Oct 20, 2020 at 18:12
How to get an elderly person to provide saliva sample for DNA?
Awarded Sep 17, 2020 at 1:08
What do Family Tree Maker users do, now that FTM has been discontinued?
Awarded Aug 1, 2020 at 14:57
Seeking software for automated facial recognition from photos?
Awarded Jun 13, 2020 at 15:27
Genetic Distance to Generations Calculation for Y-STR DNA tests
Awarded Jun 13, 2020 at 10:06
Viewing relationship to me on Ancestry.com profiles?
Awarded May 15, 2020 at 21:33
Searching through family tree on Ancestry.com by LOCATION?
Awarded Mar 3, 2020 at 3:05
Downloading images from Ancestry trees?
Awarded Jan 2, 2020 at 23:50
What records are available that might contain someone’s blood type?
Awarded Dec 25, 2019 at 13:05
Has a modern genealogy been traced back to a biblical person?
Awarded Jul 2, 2019 at 13:35
Difference between "roomer" and "boarder" in 1930 US census?
Awarded Jun 23, 2019 at 19:00
How do I unaccept a hint in Ancestry's online tree system?
Awarded Jun 7, 2019 at 10:10
Determining percent Spanish? [duplicate]
Awarded Jan 4, 2019 at 20:35
Possible half-sibling based on matching Centimorgans
Awarded Dec 28, 2018 at 22:30
What is expected shared cM of cousins with only one shared grandparent?
Awarded Nov 6, 2018 at 1:20
What were UK reserved occupations during World War 2?
Awarded Jul 18, 2018 at 12:13
Determining relationship (e.g. number of removes) with cousin?
Awarded Apr 14, 2018 at 4:54
How many generations back will specific ethnicity show up in DNA?
Awarded Jan 24, 2018 at 3:35
Is a half-sibling match on AncestryDNA reliable, or is more testing needed?
Awarded Dec 12, 2017 at 23:35
How far from the direct descendant line is regarded as no longer a relative?
Awarded Sep 22, 2017 at 14:06
What is the best way to clean old photographs?
Awarded Sep 12, 2017 at 11:23
Software options to display whole tree from imported GEDCOM?
Awarded Aug 23, 2017 at 19:01
Why would Native American Ethnicity not show up in Autosomal DNA results?
Awarded Aug 22, 2017 at 3:11
How to interpret a reasonable X DNA Match, but no shared cM Autosomal result on GEDMatch?
Awarded Jul 11, 2017 at 15:10
What is sibling of son-in-law or daughter-in-law called? [duplicate]
Awarded Jun 24, 2017 at 16:11
When WWII Army enlistment records list "Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA", what does that mean?
Awarded May 30, 2017 at 2:28
Finding haplogroup through raw DNA data?
Awarded Feb 20, 2017 at 6:40
What is relationship of widower to late wife's family (i.e. in-laws)?
Awarded Dec 25, 2016 at 5:45
How long do results typically take for AncestryDNA test?
Awarded Apr 5, 2016 at 17:33
What is my relationship to the spouse of my cousin?
Awarded Feb 21, 2015 at 4:51
What's the difference between a family crest and a coat of arms?
Awarded Dec 3, 2014 at 11:38
What is the relationship name of my (brother/sister)-in-law's (brother/sister) to me? [duplicate]
Awarded Oct 30, 2014 at 23:42
Determining ethnicity according to ancestry
Awarded Aug 25, 2014 at 22:05