Genealogy Research & Assistance

10/08/2025

Genealogy Researchers whether New, a Novice or Experienced

Start Your Research with yourself and working backward, documenting everything meticulously with source citations, and verifying information with multiple independent sources.

Key Ethical Principles in Genealogy Research performing exhaustive and accurate research, documenting evidence thoroughly with source citations, understanding that spelling and dates can be inconsistent in historical records, respecting living individuals' privacy and consent, handling sensitive information responsibly, and being organized to effectively share your findings.

All the While Maintaining Professional Integrity, Respect for the Living and of the Deseaced. Keep an Open Mind that Anything is Possible, and to have Preserveance.

10/05/2025

My AncestryDNA breakdown by Paternal Maternal and Myself showing My Ethnicity % totals from My Parents

09/29/2025

I am as I describe myself of 33 yrs Genealogy Researching and Owner of Genealogy Research & Assistance as an "Ancestorologist"

D.R. "Doc" Young Sr.
*CRI Genetics Kit No. WH904440 (25Jun2021) Cellular Research Institute
*WikiTree - Young-45567 (15May2021)
*MyHeritage DNA Kit No. AN-50D65C (26Feb2020)
*FTDNA Kit No. 892549 (24Dec2018) Y-DNA = Haplogroup R-M269, R1b1a1a2
*GEDmatch Kit A476709 (28Apr2018) & Kit BM9913771-GEDCOM ID5626977 (13Feb2019) BM9913771
*AncestryDNA Autosomal (16Dec2016)

09/27/2025

How many records does Ancestry.com scan, and add records each month to their databases?

Ancestry adds an average of 2 million new historical records every day to its database, which contains over 65 billion records.

This amounts to approximately 60 million records added per month.

Details on Ancestry's record-adding process:

Rapid indexing: The company uses artificial intelligence to index large and complex collections of records at scale.

Diverse sources: The additions come from partnerships with archives around the world, as well as contributions from the Ancestry community.

Broad scope: New collections frequently include records like birth, marriage, death, census, and military documents from countries across Europe, North America, and other regions.

Refinement of existing data: Ancestry also updates its collections by indexing previously unindexed fields, adding records for additional years, and improving overall search performance.

09/24/2025

Bookmark this free website with 413,290,285 genealogy entries.

Over 250,000,000 genealogy entries, sorted by name.

09/12/2025

2:57AM Logged into Ancestry to my "Blaschko-Eaton-Pereira Cardoso-Perry-Shaughnessy-Wilson" Family Tree.

I'm not able to merge record hints into FamilyTreeMaker (FTM2024)

08/28/2025

Interagency Working Group (IWG)
IWG Declassified Records

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Air Force
Army
Army Forces China-Burma-India (RG 493)
CIA
FBI
Foreign Records Seized (RG 242)
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Justice Department
National Security Agency
Office of Alien Property (RG 131)
Office of Secretary of Defense (RG 330)
OSS
Presidential Libraries
Roberts Commission (RG 239)
State Department
Treasury

Notice to Researchers in Records Released under the N**i War Crimes Disclosure Act and the Japanese Imperial Government Records Act

The N**i War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (IWG), in implementing the N**i War Crimes Disclosure Act and the Japanese Imperial Government Records Act, has taken the broadest view in identifying records that may be responsive to the Acts. Information relevant to the Acts is often found among files related to other subjects.

In order to preserve the archival integrity of the files, the IWG and the National Archives and Records Administration, where possible, have released entire files together, not just those items related to N**i or Japanese war criminals, crimes, persecution, and looted assets.

These records may relate to persons who are war criminals, former Axis personnel who are not war criminals, victims of war crimes or persecution, or civilian or military personnel investigating N**i activities.

The records may also include mention of, or information about, persons having no connection to these activities.

Table of Contents Notice to Researchers in Records Released under the N**i War Crimes Disclosure Act and the Japanese Imperial Government Records Act The N**i War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (IWG), in implementing the N**i War Crimes Disclosure Act and t...

08/26/2025

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08/26/2025

Welcome to Genealogy.com

Genealogy.com is a source for family history buffs to find genealogical research originally posted in GenForum and our most popular genealogy articles. Start a search or browse below to start digging into your family's past!

In 2003, Genealogy.com was acquired by MyFamily.com, Inc., the parent company of Ancestry.com. While many aspects of Genealogy.com were phased out or consolidated over time, the website and its popular GenForum content were kept.

Genealogy.com, a long-standing genealogy web service, was acquired by Ancestry.com in 2000 and subsequently integrated into the Ancestry family of websites, leading to the retirement of its independent member features by September 30, 2014, to allow for a greater focus on Ancestry.com's core business.

While it provided tools for building family trees and accessing databases like the U.S. Census and passenger lists, its independent functionalities were absorbed into the larger Ancestry platform.

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08/17/2025

Ancestry
Getting Started, Lesson 1: Starting Your Tree

Other lessons in this series:

Getting Started, Lesson 2: Building Your Tree
Getting Started, Lesson 3: Finding Records
Getting Started, Lesson 4: Collaboration
Getting Started, Lesson 5: Search Tips

Source: https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Getting-Started-Lesson-1-Starting-Your-Tree?

Article BodyOther lessons in this series: Getting Started, Lesson 2: Building Your TreeGetting Started, Lesson 3: Finding RecordsGetting Started, Lesson 4: CollaborationGetting Started, Lesson 5: Search Tips   Starting a tree An Ancestry® membership gives you access to historical records to help...

08/17/2025

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08/16/2025

Where did the "Surname" originally come from?

English surnames explained: The seven types of last names you should know.

In England, surnames became widely used after the Norman Conquest in 1066.

At this point, rapid population growth made it necessary to identify people in more detail. People added a last name to their existing given name.

This was passed down the generations as a family name.

Source:

Ever wondered where our last names come from? Our surnames play a key role in genealogical research. They can help to uncover exciting details about your relatives.