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Do you have Latin American ancestry? Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of the top tips that will help you trace your ancestors from Central and South American.

Your whole life you've been told you have Native American ancestry. Grandma said her parents came from Sweden and grandma wouldn't lie, would she? You saw a record once, somewhere, that listed your grandfather as a native of France. We all have preconc eived notions when we start researching our family history. But, sometimes those "facts" get in the way of the truth and create enormous brick walls in our research. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some tips for overcoming preconceived notion

Ancestry.com has a lot of records available for researching your New York ancestors. Join Crista Cowan for a look at how to find the New York databases on Ancestry.com and how best to search them to find the family members you are looking for.

Where did this record come from? Why was it created? What's included in this particular database and what's not? Join Crista Cowan for a look at how you can learn more about the records you are using in your family history research. These records were n't created for genealogy purposes but understanding them better will help make your research time more effective and your family tree more accurate.

It's been a week and you may have already let some of your New Years' Resolutions go. That means it's the perfect time to set some family history goals. Join Crista Cowan as she shares her goals and some of yours for inspiration. Then share your 2014 f amily history goals in the comments below.

Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how to search them to find the s tories of your ancestors lives.

Did you take your AncestryDNA test six months ago? A year ago? Thousands of people have taken the test since then. AncestryDNA compares the DNA of each new user to your to provide you with new cousin matches every week. Join Crista Cowan and AncestryDN A Program Manager, Anna Swayne, for a look at how some of our power users are working their matches to learn even more about their family history.

Not all sources are created equal. Is it original or derivative? Is the information primary or secondary? Is the evidence direct or indirect? Join Crista Cowan for an explanation of how you can better analyze and rate your sources. She'll then show y ou where in Family Tree Maker 2014 you can record those sources ratings. All of this will help ensure that you are climbing your family tree and not someone else's.

Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how to search them to find the s tories of your ancestors' lives.

Marriage. Inheritance. Adoption. Property rights. Laws affected the lives of our ancestors. They also determined what records were created and the accessibility of those records. Join Crista Cowan for an overview of how the laws of a specific place and time affect the records that are created about our ancestors and how we can use that knowledge to locate records that will help us climb our family tree.