Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com

How to Find Your Family History on the #1 Genealogy Website

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On sale May 29, 2018 | 272 Pages | 9781440353260

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Master the world’s #1 Genealogy Website

Discover the secrets to Ancestry.com success! This book, newly revised and expanded, will help you get the most out of your Ancestry.com subscription.  Inside, you’ll discover how to take advantage of what the world’s biggest genealogy website has to offer—and how to find answers to your genealogy questions within its billions of records and millions of AncestryDNA profiles.  Each chapter includes step-by-step examples with illustrations to show you exactly how to apply search techniques to your genealogy. A new section on AncestryDNA will also help you understand and analyze your DNA test results.

What you'll learn:
* Timesaving tips for uncovering specific records, time periods and topics using Ancestry.com’s search forms and Card Catalog
* Details on Ancestry.com's historical record collections, including what you can expect to find in them
* Step-by-step guides for creating and managing your family tree on Ancestry.com, plus how to connect with other users and utilize the site’s powerful Hint system
* Plain-language strategies for using your AncestryDNA results, including guides to your ethnicity report and DNA matches

Whether you've just begun dabbling in family history or you're a longtime Ancestry.com subscriber, this book will turn you into an Ancestry.com power user!
Nancy Hendrickson is an Internet genealogy expert who has been interviewed on the subject in national publications including the New York Times, Kiplinger's, and Better Homes and Gardens. She has written several best-selling ebooks in the genealogy category of the Kindle store on Amazon.com, including 101 of the Best Free Websites for Climbing Your Family Tree. View titles by Nancy Hendrickson

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Master the world’s #1 Genealogy Website

Discover the secrets to Ancestry.com success! This book, newly revised and expanded, will help you get the most out of your Ancestry.com subscription.  Inside, you’ll discover how to take advantage of what the world’s biggest genealogy website has to offer—and how to find answers to your genealogy questions within its billions of records and millions of AncestryDNA profiles.  Each chapter includes step-by-step examples with illustrations to show you exactly how to apply search techniques to your genealogy. A new section on AncestryDNA will also help you understand and analyze your DNA test results.

What you'll learn:
* Timesaving tips for uncovering specific records, time periods and topics using Ancestry.com’s search forms and Card Catalog
* Details on Ancestry.com's historical record collections, including what you can expect to find in them
* Step-by-step guides for creating and managing your family tree on Ancestry.com, plus how to connect with other users and utilize the site’s powerful Hint system
* Plain-language strategies for using your AncestryDNA results, including guides to your ethnicity report and DNA matches

Whether you've just begun dabbling in family history or you're a longtime Ancestry.com subscriber, this book will turn you into an Ancestry.com power user!

Author

Nancy Hendrickson is an Internet genealogy expert who has been interviewed on the subject in national publications including the New York Times, Kiplinger's, and Better Homes and Gardens. She has written several best-selling ebooks in the genealogy category of the Kindle store on Amazon.com, including 101 of the Best Free Websites for Climbing Your Family Tree. View titles by Nancy Hendrickson

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