(or over MyHeritage or over FindMyPast or over [insert other paid site here])
TL;DR: FamilySearch is free and accessible to everyone.
FamilySearch is a “one global family tree” site (like WikiTree) while Ancestry is an personal family tree site.… Read more “Why you should prefer FamilySearch over Ancestry for records”
A last name at birth (or LNAB) is the surname given to a child when they’re born and the culture you’re born into usually determines the name. In the US, England, and many places formerly colonized by England, your LNAB is usually your father’s surname even if your parents were not married at the time of your birth.… Read more “How to find or confirm a last name at birth”
Ancestry updated my ThruLines again, but decided to use different tree sources for the incorrect suggestions in it (the names and photos are different but they’re the same people as before). Rachel Flood Logan is new, but she’s set in someone’s tree as the mother of Andrew Logan (who is the father of my 2nd-great-grandfather Henry Logan’s enslaver Tyler Logan), so she’s not a match, either.… Read more “4th and 5th great-grandparent possibilities (update)”
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I loaded Ancestry’s ThruLines page recently to see if a particular cousin showed up in it so that I could possibly figure out who her parents and grandparents are since their names are private in her tree.… Read more “4th and 5th great-grandparent possibilities”
