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Are You Set Up for Success? 4 Tips to Get the Most from Your 23andMe DNA Test

septiembre 4, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 3 Comments

Are you set up for success? We share four tips to help you get the most from your 23andMe DNA test. The popularity of DNA testing in recent years has resulted in a tremendous increase in the numbers of testers in the DNA companies’ databases. Those testers represent a wide spectrum of motivations, genealogy experience, and understanding of test results. But regardless of where you fall on the spectrum, one thing is certain: everyone wants something in return for their investment. So how can you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adoption & Genetic Genealogy Tagged With: 23andme, DNA, DNA testing, genetic genealogy, tips

Legacy Tree Onsite: The Historical National Archive in Cape Verde

agosto 28, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 6 Comments

Legacy Tree Genealogists works with researchers from across the globe to access records for our clients. We asked one of our onsite researchers located in Cape Verde to share an overview of the record collections available at the Historical National Archive in Cape Verde. Historically, Cape Verde’s archipelago was a meeting point for citizens from Europe, America and Africa, mostly due to the slave trade, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Due to this unique past, the documents contained in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archives & Repositories, Onsite, Onsite Tagged With: Africa, ancestry, archives, Cape Verde, Cape Verdean, family history, genealogy, Historical National Archives, Legacy Tree Onsite, onsite, Portugal, record collections

Finding Your Soldier of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45 (Eastern Front of WWII): Part II

agosto 21, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Did your ancestor serve during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45? Learn more about their Soviet military service using this free resource! Last week in Part I of our two part series, we introduced Pamyat Naroda (Память народа), a website hosted by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Министерство обороны Российской Федерации) to honor the participants of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, commonly referred to as the Eastern Front of World War II in English-speaking countries. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eastern Europe, Military Service Tagged With: Ancestor, Eastern Europe, Eastern European, eastern front, family history, genealogy, Great Patriotic War, military service, WWII

Finding Your Soldier of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45 (Eastern Front of WWII): Part I 

agosto 14, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 2 Comments

Did your ancestor serve during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45? Learn more about their Soviet military service using this free resource! Many descendants of Eastern European immigrants who landed on North American shores in the first wave of immigration soon found that their relatives who stayed behind were no longer citizens of the historical empires who had ruled over them. With the changing borders through the Interwar period to the beginning of World War II, the citizens of the new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eastern Europe, Military Service Tagged With: ancestors, Eastern Europe, family history, genealogy, genealogy resources, Great Patriotic War, military service, Pamyat Naroda, Red Army, Russia, Soviet

Meet Rachel, Project Manager for Legacy Tree Genealogists

agosto 10, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Meet Rachel, one of Legacy Tree Genealogists talented project managers! Rachel Derenthal comes to Legacy Tree Genealogists with a background in business, accounting, and family history research. She originally obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Middle East Studies and Arabic from Brigham Young University however her post graduate jobs pushed her towards the field of business and accounting. In 2016 she decided to switch career paths and enrolled in the Family History Research program at Brigham … [Read more...]

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Pathways to Membership in The Jamestowne Society

agosto 7, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 23 Comments

Many are under the impression that to become a member of the Jamestowne Society, one must have an ancestor who was a first settler of the Jamestowne colony. Although that is one route to join, the Jamestowne Society provides six pathways to membership! Learn more about them. The Jamestowne Society, founded in 1936 and incorporated in 1958, is a lineage society based in Richmond, Virginia with the mission to discover and record the names of early Virginia settlers and their descendants. They … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Genealogy & Lineage Societies Tagged With: ancestors, ancestry, family history, genealogy, Jamestown, lineage society, United States

Passenger Lists: A Gateway to Foreign Lands and a Former Life

julio 31, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 4 Comments

How do you trace your immigrant ancestors from one country to another? Their travels were likely documented on passenger lists. Learn more! In the United States, I’ve heard it said that “unless your family is Native American your ancestors immigrated from somewhere.” How do you trace them if your family immigrated from one country to another, particularly crossing an ocean or two in the process? Their travels were likely documented, specifically on a passenger manifest for the ship they sailed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Genealogy Records and Resources, Immigration Tagged With: Ancestor, ancestry, family history, genealogy, genealogy records, immigrant, immigration, passenger lists, ship manifests

Legacy Tree Onsite in Istria, Croatia: One Peninsula, Three Identities

julio 23, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 3 Comments

Legacy Tree Genealogists works with researchers from across the globe to access records for our clients. We asked one of our onsite researchers located in Istria, Croatia, to share some of the nuances of genealogical research in Istria. Istria is a peninsula in the Adriatic Sea belonging to Croatia, Slovenia and Italy. Its name derives from the name of the tribe Histri. When the Roman army invaded their capital in 177 BC, the Histrian king Epulon, his guard and their families committed mass … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Onsite, Onsite Tagged With: ancestry, archives, Croatia, family history, genealogy, genealogy research, Istria, Legacy Tree Onsite, onsite, records

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