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  1. If you have #SalvationArmy members among your ancestors, be sure to check out War Cry from 1879-1985 which has been scanned by the British Newspaper Archive and released today. It contains a lot of local news. blog.britishnewspaperarchive.c #genealogy #genchat #histodons #nonconformist @histodons @genealogy

  2. Register to join a free, virtual genealogy event on Saturday 21 March 21 2026.

    While sponsored by the Arizona Genealogical Advisory Board (AGAB) and the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records (ASLAPR), the sixth annual Arizona Genealogy Day IS NOT just for Arizonans - check out the list of topics!

    Recordings will be made available to all registered attendees for two weeks post-event to accommodate anyone unable to attend on event day. The presentations will be on Zoom.

    Registration is limited to 1000 participants.

    Native American Genealogy ~ Add a Snapshot to Research ~ How the Weather Affected Your Ancestor
    ~ Liberate Your Family History Research: Using an “Open Access” Preservation Model ~ Finding Family: Genealogy in the Arizona Memory Project

    #Genealogy #GenChat #FamilyHistory #NativeAmerican #Geneadons
    @histodons

    azsos.libcal.com/calendar/star

  3. Okay, I double-checked and apparently "Descendants with Hints" is available in the app only.

    From the FamilySearch app NOT the desktop!
    * Open your Family Tree >
    * Select an ancestor who's at least a Great-Grand-Parent >
    * Open Person / Profile >
    * Top right corner (3 dots / hamburger) has "Descendants with Hints" as an option

    #GenChat #FamilySearch

    On the desktop, your Home Page is the default landing. In the center options about the 3rd is Record Hints

  4. @genchat

    When you're logged in and click on the left-hand corner menu, it should offer Tasks; also if you start from your home page.

    "Descendants with Hints" is from a personal profile (which I do thru the Tree to do one generation at a time), then the Right-hand corner menu selections.

    #GenChat #FamilySearch

  5. @genchat

    Nope, FamilySearch. I was poking around one day when I got frustrated with the Tasks that hadn't shown any new records to consider for an ancestor.

    #GenChat #FamilySearch

    It takes individual documents, and pulls potential profile matches for a human (TM) to evaluate.

    I've found a lot of bare-bones profiles, and hints for 1950/1940 censuses as well as the 20th century military draft registrations that went live "recently"

    #GenChat #FamilySearch

  6. @genchat

    With Real Life intruding, it tends to be quick 'n' dirty.

    FamilySearch has some useful options for me; the ever-popular Tasks on the drop-down menu.
    If you've run thru all the easy/simple ones from there, try the "Descendents With Hints" option - from the Tree, select an ancestor (at least a great-grandparent if not further back), open their profile, and look at the menu selections from the top right (3 dots / hamburger). It will pull from far reaches of these people.

    I also receive the 5-a-day emails, and have saved the most recent email they send to prompt checking of hints.

    #GenChat #FamilySearch

  7. Question for family historians:
    Have you ever seen an entry a Marriage Banns register where someone has objected to the proposed marriage?
    #genealogy #banns #genchat #marriage @genealogy @geneadons

  8. Question for family historians:
    Have you ever seen an entry a Marriage Banns register where someone has objected to the proposed marriage?
    #genealogy #banns #genchat #marriage @genealogy @geneadons

  9. Question for family historians:
    Have you ever seen an entry a Marriage Banns register where someone has objected to the proposed marriage?
    #genealogy #banns #genchat #marriage @genealogy @geneadons

  10. Question for family historians:
    Have you ever seen an entry a Marriage Banns register where someone has objected to the proposed marriage?
    #genealogy #banns #genchat #marriage @genealogy @geneadons

  11. Question for family historians:
    Have you ever seen an entry a Marriage Banns register where someone has objected to the proposed marriage?
    #genealogy #banns #genchat #marriage @genealogy @geneadons

  12. @[email protected] @[email protected] #genchat #wills #probate One thing we could be better at doing is sharing the names of all the people we find in a will. Beneficiaries are not generally indexed, but imagine if you could search a probate archive like that. Some societies have done some excellent work on this e.g. Oxfordshire FHS, see an example here: wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/

  13. @projectkinorg probably most Brits forget they have American cousins. In reality, we probably have a lot of them. Food traditions are interesting as they carry a lot of 'cultural memory', particularly down our female, Mitochondrial DNA lines. #mtDNA #genealogy #DNA @geneadons @genealogy #genchat #thanksgiving

  14. #Findmypast findmypast.co.uk/search-newspa Is making its Newspapers free this weekend, 25-28 October. It is the same content as the British Newspaper Archive #BNA #genchat @genealogy @geneadons #genealogy

  15. @KottalGenealogy @bethroots @[email protected] @[email protected] I have potentially found a neat solution to make mind maps for Research Plans workable. If you use 'View Your Mind" - #VYM sourceforge.net/projects/vym/ after you have created your map you can easily export it to a spreadsheet, csv or a LibreOffice presentation and quite a few other formats. #MindMap #ResearchPlan #Genchat