From 1836 to 1869 more than 400,000 settlers used the Oregon Trail to head west.  Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the history of the Oregon Trail.  Were any of your ancestors adventurers and pioneers across this 2000 mile wagon road?

Westward Expansion on the Oregon Trail

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There are millions of new records being put online every single week.  Some of these records are what we call, "Index Only."  Join Crista Cowan for a discussion about what exactly these records are, what they do and do not tell you and what to do next to  continue climbing your family tree.

Index Only Records

In your online tree at Ancestry and in Family Tree Maker there are dozens of life events that you can choose from to document the lives of your family members.  Join Crista Cowan as she walks through the options and circumstances under which you might use  them.  You'll have a whole new appreciation for the way you can share the stories of your ancestors' lives.

Life Events:  Telling the Stories of Their Lives

You've spent thousands of hours researching your family tree.  You've collected documents and scanned old photographs.  What happens to all of your hard work after you die?  What happens to your Ancestry account?  Join Crista Cowan for a look at some opti ons for genealogy estate planning.  You're never too young to think about it.

Genealogy Estate Planning

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 best to search them to find  the stories of your ancestors' lives.

What's New at Ancestry.com:  December 2014 Edition

You get those shaky leaf hints and then you do a few searches.  But, with more than 15 billion records now available online at Ancestry.com and billions more available at archives, libraries and courthouses around the world, how do you know when you've do ne a "reasonably exhaustive search?"  How do you even know what records you should be looking for to document the lives of your ancestors?  Join Crista Cowan for a look at WHY you want to create a source checklist.  Then she'll share one of her

Genealogy Source Checklists

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Westward Expansion on the Oregon Trail

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