AncestryDNA – New features

ANCESTRY THRULINES (TM) On your DNA home page, you’ll see the new ThruLines (TM) function. This will take you to a page with boxes for each ancestor. Clicking on each takes you to matches who might have these ancestors. The ThruLines tool drew my attention to other matches who have…

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Charles Barker Register of Philadelphia Burying Grounds

One of the many accomplishments of genealogist and historian Charles Reed Barker (1875-1961) was his survey and compilation of the history and location of denominational, public and private family burial grounds in the Philadelphia area. His 572 page work was published by the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania in the early 1940’s in 3 volumes;…

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