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Title of discussion thread	Replies	Author	Start time	Last reply	Recs	Views
Some links to get you started	14	kdmorris	Feb 2012	Feb 2016	6	5149
Top 100 Genealogy websites for 2013	11	me b zola	Feb 2013	May 2014	9	4753
Archived Ancestry/Genealogy Group - From DU2	0	kdmorris	Dec 2011	Dec 2011	3	2804
A surprise DNA match - how would you handle this?	15	seaglass	Jun 12	Jul 17	0	569
Immigrant Name Changes	6	no_hypocrisy	Jun 19	Jul 13	1	360
When researching in old newspapers, don't count on the first name being right.	11	shraby	Jun 15	Jul 12	2	465
Another unknown burial	0	shraby	Jul 5	Jul 5	0	326
Found a Homer Regan	0	shraby	Jun 27	Jun 27	0	231
The last township that survived the Highland Clearances	0	csziggy	Jun 16	Jun 16	13	458
Question about Ancestry.com: My brother and I have been sharing a membership for a few	4	LuckyLib	Jun 12	Jun 13	1	420
Please help me with this imponderable.	12	no_hypocrisy	May 26	Jun 2	2	647
Family Search.org	14	LeftInTX	Nov 2017	May 26	0	1199
I need help from someone in Brooklyn, N.Y.	13	Delmette2.0	Apr 2018	Apr 2018	0	623
Found a George Taft who lived in Chicago	1	shraby	Apr 2018	Apr 2018	1	287
My brother-in-law died on Christmas Day, 2009.	8	cbreezen	Feb 2018	Apr 2018	1	610
Has anyone done research on family from Sweden?	8	seaglass	Apr 2018	Apr 2018	0	548
Happy Dyngus Day!	1	Ohiogal	Apr 2018	Apr 2018	2	292
Anyone looking for this chap? From Boston but buried in Evergreen cem. Manitowoc Wisconsin	0	shraby	Mar 2018	Mar 2018	1	349
unknown sailor died 1924	0	shraby	Mar 2018	Mar 2018	1	339
Resistance Genealogy	4	Justice	Feb 2018	Feb 2018	22	1035
MyHeritage - opinions?	11	seaglass	Feb 2018	Feb 2018	1	407
Interesting DNA results Scots, Irish, Brit - North Carolina/Georgia	14	LeftInTX	Nov 2017	Jan 2018	4	1166
Anyone who's had DNA testing done...	33	pipi_k	Sep 2014	Dec 2017	6	6749
It is next to impossible to do any significant online genealogy research	10	Brother Buzz	May 2017	Dec 2017	4	4477
Not sure how to reply	39	CountAllVotes	Sep 2017	Nov 2017	0	2528
If anyone wants free old newspapers to go through, google Chronicling America	2	shraby	Sep 2017	Oct 2017	10	1157
It happened again.	8	no_hypocrisy	Oct 2017	Oct 2017	4	2477
Genealogy and ACA	14	no_hypocrisy	Jul 2017	Sep 2017	2	1552
Monumentally bad timing	3	csziggy	Aug 2017	Aug 2017	0	1775
I hope enough people want to keep this group.	31	Little Star	May 2011	Aug 2017	15	4306
Syphilis in the Civil War	17	frogmarch	Aug 2017	Aug 2017	2	1746
"Waterside" listed as occupation in England during the 1820s	2	csziggy	Aug 2017	Aug 2017	0	1922
Ancestors your family may not have wanted to recognize...	11	csziggy	Apr 2017	Aug 2017	7	4293
I hit a roadblock.	8	no_hypocrisy	Jul 2017	Aug 2017	1	1147
More relevations about my grandfather from more than a century ago.	4	no_hypocrisy	Jul 2017	Jul 2017	4	1266
Representing DNA data on websites	12	OnDoutside	May 2017	May 2017	0	4372
Your thoughts on a record I found on rootsireland, curious...	3	seaglass	May 2014	May 2017	0	1204
Just got off the phone with a woman who is my cousin.	9	no_hypocrisy	Oct 2015	May 2017	2	1898
National Library of Ireland releases RC parish registers	5	seaglass	Jul 2015	Apr 2017	7	1603
Guess what I discovered online?	2	no_hypocrisy	Apr 2017	Apr 2017	5	4150
"Urgent Chrome Update" popping up in Find-a-Grave	3	CanonRay	Mar 2017	Mar 2017	2	2513
Just Sent Mail to Find Out About Distant Relatives	9	Algernon Moncrieff	Oct 2016	Feb 2017	0	1127
Any Mayflower descends here?	25	Boudica the Lyoness	Feb 2016	Feb 2017	2	2084
Irish in the American Civil War	0	Sherman A1	Feb 2017	Feb 2017	2	727
Any hints on finding photos of ancestors on the Internets?	12	grasswire	Sep 2014	Feb 2017	1	2658
23andMe	2	TuxedoKat	Feb 2017	Feb 2017	0	809
A New U.S. Budget Blueprint May Affect Genealogists	1	Sherman A1	Jan 2017	Feb 2017	5	717
Boston Archdiocese creates online database to help Catholics trace family history	1	rug	Jan 2017	Jan 2017	3	1034
Hey Guys, can anybody tell me	1	Homer Wells	Nov 2016	Nov 2016	0	694
Black Friday Deals for DNA Tests?	5	TuxedoKat	Nov 2016	Nov 2016	0	508
Crowdsourcing effort to raise money for photo rights for a book	0	csziggy	Nov 2016	Nov 2016	0	532
passport records ???	2	mopinko	Oct 2016	Oct 2016	0	698
Could anyone here help me guess at occupation abbreviations?	8	OnionPatch	Sep 2016	Oct 2016	1	894
FindMyPast - Irish records - free through Sep 18. Also Civil Records are now online at	2	seaglass	Sep 2016	Sep 2016	0	711
DNA test: Ancestry vs 23andme vs Other? Probably this question has been settled here before	12	UTUSN	Apr 2016	Aug 2016	1	6001
My mother was responsible for the declassification of Nazi Propaganda at the OWI	0	cali	Aug 2016	Aug 2016	7	723
What do I do now?	4	no_hypocrisy	Dec 2015	May 2016	0	1326
Isn’t this a sweet picture?	4	frogmarch	Mar 2016	Mar 2016	1	2100
The ‘Secret’ Details in the 1940 Census You May Be Missing	8	CanonRay	Sep 2015	Mar 2016	6	1861
Ancestry.com to retire Family Tree Maker software - what software do you use?	5	seaglass	Dec 2015	Feb 2016	0	2267
anyone familiar with this Dr. Spence who claims that DNA analysis is a HOAX?	14	grasswire	Feb 2015	Jan 2016	1	2122
Anyone ever heard of a "tilet"?	4	csziggy	Dec 2015	Dec 2015	0	1585
This message was self-deleted by its author	0	dem in texas	Oct 2015	Oct 2015	0	699
Find My Past is free this weekend - mid day 9/18 thru mid day 9/21 GMT	3	seaglass	Sep 2015	Sep 2015	4	1019
Ancestry expert traces Hillary's roots....	3	Little Star	Apr 2015	Aug 2015	4	2050
Don’t let lack of records stop your search	1	csziggy	Apr 2015	Apr 2015	9	1665
Article on long-term storage of electronic data	1	HeiressofBickworth	Feb 2015	Apr 2015	1	984
“Who Do You Think You Are?” returns on 3/8/15..	0	Little Star	Mar 2015	Mar 2015	3	928
The Germanna Colony	5	shanti	Feb 2015	Feb 2015	1	1672
Believe it or not, I knew and loved two of the people in these pictures:	5	IDemo	Feb 2015	Feb 2015	14	1709
Looking for World War II submariners	5	csziggy	Feb 2015	Feb 2015	1	1423
All of Ireland’s Catholic Church records to go online	0	Sherman A1	Feb 2015	Feb 2015	7	1034
A question about naming conventions of the 18th century.	5	OnionPatch	Jan 2015	Jan 2015	0	1892
Civil War tragedy	6	csziggy	Dec 2014	Dec 2014	1	1717
Louisiana Death Index help needed	2	CountAllVotes	Nov 2014	Nov 2014	0	1147
Is Ancestry.com down?	2	PADemD	Nov 2014	Nov 2014	0	1158
"Find my past" is free this weekend - starting 11/7 at 12:00 GMT thru 11/10	1	seaglass	Nov 2014	Nov 2014	1	1047
can you tell the era of this photo?	39	grasswire	Oct 2014	Oct 2014	14	6474
National Archives - Virtual Genealogy Fair - 10/28, 29 and 30	0	seaglass	Oct 2014	Oct 2014	3	922
CNN HOSTS JOURNEY TO FIND THEIR “ROOTS”	2	Little Star	Oct 2014	Oct 2014	5	1437