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Generations Cafe — 72 episodes

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072 - When Ancestors Changed Names

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071 - Get Ready for the 1950 Census

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070 - FindAGrave's Major Update: What You Need to Know

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069 - Genealogy Mistakes that Everyone Makes (and How to Avoid Them)

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068 - 5 Things to Know About DNA Testing for Genealogy

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067 - How to Find Your Civil War Ancestor

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066 - Is Ancestry Missing Your Ancestors?

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065 - Remembering the Wilmington Coup of 1898

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064 - Exploring Military Cemeteries

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063 - What Kind of Online Family Tree Is Right for You?

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062 - How to Get All the Clues From Genealogy Sources

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061 - Finding Female Ancestors

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060 - Exploring Modern Genealogy with Kenyatta D. Berry

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059 - Finding Your Ancestor's Church

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058 - Finding All of Your Ancestors' Marriage Records (redux)

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056 - 5 Things You Might Be Missing on Ancestry

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055 - 7 Family History Activities When You're Short on Time or Focus

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054 - How Perfectionism Hurts Your Genealogy (redux)

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053 - 5 Easy DIY Family History Gifts

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052 - The 3 Biggest Mistakes in Genealogy Research

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051 - Lessons from Breaking Down a Brick Wall

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050 - 4 Things You Need to Evaluate in Your Genealogy

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049 - 7 Free Genealogy Websites That You Might Be Overlooking

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048 - Better Notetaking in Your Genealogy

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047 - How to Analyze Your Genealogy Research

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046 - How to Focus Your Genealogy Research

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045 - 7 Family History Activities for When You Can't Focus

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044 - Our Ancestors and the Spanish Flu Epidemic

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043 - DNA Slowing Down: What It Means for Genealogy

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042 - 3 Types of Newspapers That Every Genealogist Should Know

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041 - 3 Things You Need to Know About Ancestry's Hints

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040 - The Genealogy Research Process with the WANDER Method

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039 - How to Write About Your Genealogy More Consistently

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038 - 5 Tips for Gathering Family Stories

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037 - 11 Things You'll Find in Land Records

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036 - Lessons from Downsizing

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035 - Downsizing and Family History

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034 - Using Academic Libraries in Your Genealogy

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033 - Big News in the Genealogy World

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032 - When There's a Surprise in the DNA

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031 - How to Save Your Family History Treasures Before It's Too Late

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030 - Are You Missing Some Marriage Records in Your Genealogy

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029 - Bringing Them Home: Army Repatriation with Megan Smolenyak

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028 - Using Mortality Schedules for Genealogy

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027 - How to Use Pinterest for Genealogy

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026 - How to Plan a Successful Library Trip

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025 - How the Genealogical Proof Standard Can Help Your Research

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024 - Unusual Sources for Finding Female Ancestors

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023 - Protecting and Preserving Your Genealogy

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022 - DNA Tools and Other Genealogy News from RootsTech

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021 - How to Build a Genealogy Research Framework

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020 - The Ethics of Genetic Genealogy

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019 - The Truth About Millennials and Genealogy

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018 - Finding Your Ancestor's Worth

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017 - Can You Identify Your Ancestor?

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016 - How to Start a Genealogy Blog

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015 - Organizing Your Genealogy Research

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014 - Making Good Genealogy Habits

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013 - Using Black Newspapers for Genealogy

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012 - Connect With Cousins Without a DNA Test

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011 - How to Not Bore People With Genealogy

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010 - 5 Overlooked Things on FamilySearch

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How to Find Your World War I Ancestor

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008 - Tips for Scottish Genealogy

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007 - An Overlooked Source for Southern Genealogy

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006 - Citing Sources Without Stressing Out

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005 - Finding Mexican Roots: Tips from Colleen Greene

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004 - Why Your DNA Matches Aren't Responding

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003 - 4 Things You Should Do With Every Genealogy Source

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002 - Finding All of the Daughters in the Family Tree

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001 - Is Perfectionism Ruining Your Genealogy?