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Unknown Ancestor's Groups (38)

Naturalization & Citizenship

16 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 Although citizenship has never been required of aliens in the U.S., their applications for naturalization are among the most accurate and detailed…
U.S. Military Pensions

14 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 Those 43 million who served in volunteer units or regular armed forces, in peacetime and numerous American conflicts, often left pension papers in a…

Family History Library Catalog (FHLC)

26 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 Based on the Library of Congress system, the FHLC is the world's largest catalog, bibliography, and index of the historical sources and indexes…
GenSeek

37 members Latest Activity: Mar 7, 2010

Favorite Films for U.S. Genealogists

3 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 Films play a large part in our culture. They evoke many turning points from our past while they paint pictures of how our ancestors may have lived.
Reading Early American Handwriting

17 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 Since genealogy is 95% about reading original historical documents, we include is a class outline you may use for early American handwriting. The…

Cemetery Symbols

98 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 For those who have an interest in the symbols found in cemeteries. Come ask questions or assist others.
World History

75 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 Here you can find people, events, and artifacts all in the context of time and place. Because it is a social media site, you can add your ancestors…

Personal History is Where Genealogists Start

13 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 Even the first Americans knew this! GenealogyWise and its sister sites are the perfect reason to record your own story in an exciting way.
Organization for Researchers

84 members Latest Activity: Sep 17, 2021 How to mentally and manually organize the process of your research. How to use key forms for an efficient pedigree pursuit.

National Genealogical Society

233 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 NGS is a non-profit organization based in the United States that serves genealogists and family historians from beginner to more advanced. They…
Professionalism in Genealogy

28 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 For those who want to share pointers about educational opportunities, organizational activities, professional literature, and certification and…

Preservation of Family Treasures

13 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 For those interested in saving historical traces which are written, representational, and material.
U.S. Newspapers for Family & Local History

30 members Latest Activity: Feb 23 Over 300,000 newspapers of different names have been published in the U.S.. Newspapers where the place where your ancestors "surfed".

Castle Garden - Immigrant Depot, 1855-1890

13 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 The processing center in New York which came before Ellis Island. As errors about it are already on GenyWise, let's use this specific topic to test…
Genealogy Tips and Links

458 members Latest Activity: Aug 12, 2020 This group was created for anyone who would like to add a link , or a tip for anything to do with genealogy. I really would like to get as many free…

Ellis Island-Passenger Lists and Ships

31 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 This group is for researchers to find out if their ancestors came in to Ellis Island when coming to America
Family Tree Project - how New FamilySearch evolves

17 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2020 The LDS Church is already “redesigning” the New FamilySearch (NFS) in its Family Tree Project.

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