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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals two "subliminal messages" in Finding Your Roots

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals two "subliminal ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is America’s favorite genealogist. Nearly everyone reading this is familiar with the format of his hit PBS show, Finding Your Roots (if you’re not, please read...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals two "subliminal ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is America’s favorite genealogist. Nearly everyone reading this is familiar with the format of his hit PBS show, Finding Your Roots (if you’re not, please read...

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Doubts about MyHeritage’s "LiveMemory" AI ances...

In last week’s newsletter, I urged people to create ancestor videos using a new MyHeritage mobile app feature called LiveMemory. It was cute: upload an old group photo, and MyHeritage...

Doubts about MyHeritage’s "LiveMemory" AI ances...

In last week’s newsletter, I urged people to create ancestor videos using a new MyHeritage mobile app feature called LiveMemory. It was cute: upload an old group photo, and MyHeritage...

Thoughts on handling errors in genealogy

Thoughts on handling errors in genealogy

I have an apology to make. In a recent genealogy newsletter, I included the following blurb: It has been described as “the Harry Potter of the 18th century”, but this...

Thoughts on handling errors in genealogy

I have an apology to make. In a recent genealogy newsletter, I included the following blurb: It has been described as “the Harry Potter of the 18th century”, but this...

Social Security form SSA-7050 sample for requesting parent's work history

Family History hack: A Social Security form to ...

For American genealogists, using Social Security records for research usually comes up when browsing the Social Security death index. Otherwise, most of us don’t consider Social Security except when getting...

Family History hack: A Social Security form to ...

For American genealogists, using Social Security records for research usually comes up when browsing the Social Security death index. Otherwise, most of us don’t consider Social Security except when getting...

Recognizing the service of Cold War veterans

Recognizing the service of Cold War veterans

Monday is Veteran’s Day. In past years, this newsletter has covered family members who were veterans of wars such as World War I and World War II. This time, we...

Recognizing the service of Cold War veterans

Monday is Veteran’s Day. In past years, this newsletter has covered family members who were veterans of wars such as World War I and World War II. This time, we...

Memory holes: A native American oral history practice that impressed the Pilgrims

Memory holes: A native American oral history pr...

I’m in the midst of reading Mayflower, in which author Nathaniel Philbrick describes the early contact between the English Pilgrims and the native Pokanoket (part of the modern-day Wampanoag) in...

Memory holes: A native American oral history pr...

I’m in the midst of reading Mayflower, in which author Nathaniel Philbrick describes the early contact between the English Pilgrims and the native Pokanoket (part of the modern-day Wampanoag) in...