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Favorite Genealogy Myths Debunked | 5-Minute Find | Ancestry

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Spend 5 minutes with Anne Gillespie Mitchell aka Ancestry Anne as she walks you through 6 genealogy myths and why they aren't true. 1. Native American Ancestry Great-Great-Grandma Was an Indian? (http://anstry.me/1omFUfc) 2. Names Changes at Ellis Islan Why Your Family Name Was Not Changed at Ellis Island (and One That Was) (http://on.nypl.org/L7anym) 3. Burned Counties 4. All Records are Online 5. Everyone has Recorded Vital Records Ancestry Wiki Vital Records (http://ancstry.me/LVAkkV) 6. Goverment Records are Correct -- Online Trees are Wrong Start Your Journey Today: http://www.ancestry.com/s89618/t38352... Subscribe:    / @ancestryus   About Ancestry: Bringing together science and self-discovery, Ancestry helps everyone, everywhere discover the story of what led to them. Our sophisticated engineering and technology harnesses family history and consumer genomics, combining billions of rich historical records and millions o …...more
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Favorite Genealogy Myths Debunked | 5-Minute Find | Ancestry
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Spend 5 minutes with Anne Gillespie Mitchell aka Ancestry Anne as she walks you through 6 genealogy myths and why they aren't true. 1. Native American Ancestry Great-Great-Grandma Was an Indian? (http://anstry.me/1omFUfc) 2. Names Changes at Ellis Islan Why Your Family Name Was Not Changed at Ellis Island (and One That Was) (http://on.nypl.org/L7anym) 3. Burned Counties 4. All Records are Online 5. Everyone has Recorded Vital Records Ancestry Wiki Vital Records (http://ancstry.me/LVAkkV) 6. Goverment Records are Correct -- Online Trees are Wrong Start Your Journey Today: http://www.ancestry.com/s89618/t38352... Subscribe:    / @ancestryus   About Ancestry: Bringing together science and self-discovery, Ancestry helps everyone, everywhere discover the story of what led to them. Our sophisticated engineering and technology harnesses family history and consumer genomics, combining billions of rich historical records and millions of family trees to over 10 million and counting to provide people with deeply meaningful insights about who they are and where they come from. We’ve pioneered and defined this category, developing new innovations and technologies that have reinvented how people make family history discoveries. And these discoveries can give everyone a greater sense of identity, relatedness, and their place in the world. Connect with Ancestry: Visit Ancestry’s Official Site: https://www.ancestry.com/ Like Ancestry on Facebook:   / ancestry   Follow Ancestry on Twitter:   / ancestry   Follow Ancestry on Instagram:   / ancestry   Favorite Genealogy Myths Debunked | 5-Minute Find | Ancestry    / ancestrycom  

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