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The Polio Epidemic: How It Shaped Your Family’s History
The Polio Epidemic: How It Shaped Your Family’s History April 12, 1955 changed everything. Here’s how to find the evidence in your family tree. It was a Tuesday. Church bells…
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National Barbie Day: What a Plastic Doll Taught Me About Finding Your Female Ancestors
National Barbie Day: What a Plastic Doll Taught Me About Finding Your Female Ancestors National Barbie Day: March 9th celebrates the debut of history’s most over-achieving, anatomically questionable career woman…
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The Day the Music Died: Preserving Your Family’s 1950s Cultural Memories
The Day the Music Died: Preserving Your Family’s 1950s Cultural Memories The Day the Music Died: Sixty-seven years ago today, on February 3, 1959, a small plane carrying rock and…
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RootsTech 2027 Call for Presentations Is Open — Here’s Everything You Need to Know
RootsTech 2027 Call for Presentations is open! Submit your genealogy proposal by June 29, 2026, and reach millions at the world’s largest genealogy conference.
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National Sea Monkey Day: Why Those Tiny Aquatic Kingdoms Still Matter to Your Family Story
National Sea Monkey Day: Why Those Tiny Aquatic Kingdoms Still Matter to Your Family Story You know exactly what I’m talking about. You’re maybe nine or ten years old. It’s…
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Ancestry Terms of Service Changes 2026: What Every Genealogist and DNA Tester Needs to Know (Effective May 12, 2026)
Ancestry Terms of Service Changes 2026: What Every Genealogist and DNA Tester Needs to Know (Effective May 12, 2026) Here we go again. On May 12, 2026, Ancestry rolled out another…