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What software do you all use?

How do you manage your trees? Myself, I use webtrees. The interface may be a bit "old" and the handling of media in particular could have been better, but it's an online solution (so I have my tree available all the time), it's open source, it's 100% standards compliant, and the community is wonderful, so ... What is your...

What do you all think of taking a DNA test for genealogy purposes?

I’d like to but the privacy problems are holding me back

Has anyone ever done a recorded interview with a family member?

This is something I’ve always wanted to do since I’ve started genealogy research for my family....

Do you have any interesting family heirlooms?

Have you ever visited your ancestors graves?

I’ve done this a few times including members of my family who passed in the 1800s. It always felted strange knowing this is my family from over 200 years ago and I can visit their final resting place even today. Has anyone else done this and what’s the oldest headstone you’ve visited?

How's your research gone this week?

What software do you use for your family tree?

I know folks here on Lemmy love FOSS so I’d suggest Gramps if you’re looking for suggestions!

What's the farthest back you've made it in your family tree?

For me anything before about 1750 is pretty murky and the records are harder to find and confirm

Who's your most famous ancestor?

Have you learned any fun facts about your family in your research?

Help me understand the US streets in 1930 census (i.imgur.com)

Hi everyone, I have this address from a Milwaukee cemetery, the person is maybe my gggfather. If I read it right it’s “3511, 37th street”(No. means North? Or number?) I wanted to verify this by finding this address in a 1930 census (he died in 1934). I’m not from US and I’m really struggling to understand the US street...

At what point do you start calling someone a ancestor rather than a relative?

For me it’s my 5th great grandmother anyone further back in the tree is my ancestor because I think 6 greats is a bit much.

Who's THAT person on your family tree?

The one who seemingly has no records or takes so much work to dig up one record...

Where does the "Cherokee Princess" story come from

I’ve seen this a lot in my research every family seems to have one even my family tree has a women some claim was a Native American(or about 3 other races the story isn’t clear) but what’s up with this?

Under new management

Hello everyone! As the previous mod of this community is no longer active I requested to be made mod and am very thankful to the admins to granting my request. Over the next week I will be attempting to revive this community so stay tuned!

what are some ways the Fediverse could help genealogy?

Let's hear some stories about your ancestors

Did they live amazing live? Did they pass away in a odd way? Let’s hear Whatever stories you’d like to share!

is this sub alive at all?

Slovakia's 1930 and 1940 census is online (slovakiana.sk)

I’m sure not many of us here are from Slovakia but just wanted to share....

Has anyone ever made a graphic for your family tree?

I’ve been meaning to do this for a while something less complex than your normal chart. Something fun to look at like this...

What's some documents which are often over looked?

When doing genealogy there’s many different documents to look through my favorites to find are census records and death certificates because they provide a lot of info in very few documents. However there are a lot of other types including social security index records and tax records. Today I am asking what type of record or...

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