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Ancestry.com

How do you use Ancestry.com?

My favorite things on Ancestry.com

• The Card Catalog• Census records and record suggestions• U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989• Online Family Trees• Public member photos and scanned documents

Ancestry Card Catalog

Card Catalog Home Page

http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx#ccat=hc%3D25%26dbSort%3D1%26sbo%3D1%26

Census Records

http://search.ancestry.com/search/category.aspx?cat=35http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/category.aspx?cat=35

Suggested Records

When you find a record for your ancestor, look for the Suggested Records link on the right. Ancestry.com looks for other members who have interacted with that record, and if they've found other records for that person, they suggest them to you.

http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=john+&gsln=lucore&msbdy=1845&msbpn__ftp=Pennsylvania%2c+USA&msbpn=41&msbpn_PInfo=5%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3244%7c41%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&uidh=dw5&mssng0=martha&pcat=35&h=36870676&db=1880usfedcen&indiv=1

Check Suggested Records to see other records that may apply to this person.

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989

http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469

Chicago Directory for 1898

Brooklyn, New York, City Directory, 1882

Online Family Trees

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1030http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1030

Pictures On Ancestry

http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx#ccat=hc%3D25%26dbSort%3D1%26sbo%3D1%26

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOU233gaqf0&list=PL76A51A9D979F9922http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOU233gaqf0&list=PL76A51A9D979F9922

Pictures on Ancestry

Fun StuffFor better or worse, almost all of us have been immortalized in a school yearbook photo. This collection of 35,000 yearbooks and 7 million images from 1884 to 2009 takes you back to a time that will never be forgotten, no matter how hard you try.

Focus of Ancestry 1 Class

• Search Techniques• Catalog• Immigration and Travel• Photos

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Find Famous Relatives

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