Ancestry
Welcome to my Ancestry blog post page — a space where I share whatever’s on my mind about genealogy. Sometimes it’s a tip or trick, sometimes it’s a story from my own family history, and sometimes it’s just something I’ve learned along the way. I post what feels meaningful, not what gets the most clicks — though it’s always nice when others connect with it. The latest post is always featured on my homepage, and this page is where all of my genealogy posts are housed.
Happy sleuthing — Nancy Dru
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In my recent blog: “Do Special Holidays/Celebrations and Ancestry Have Something in Common?“, I mentioned that the storytelling should be attached to your online ancestry tree as either a document or a photo. In this “How to” tutorial, I will …
Let me tell you how special holidays/celebrations and ancestry have something in common with a few family stories. A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated my husband’s birthday. Every year we have his favorite celebration pie. Most people have a …
When working on your tree you will inevitably run into a dilemma on how to document a relative’s relationship with someone. The relationship scenarios I have encountered most often in my tree are adoption, same sex marriage, and with modern …
This true little story happened over five years ago. At the time I was working on my husband’s ancestry lines. I noticed a genealogy tree on Ancestry® that had the wrong information, so I contacted the person who created it through …



