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Using American Migration Patterns to Find Ancestors

Description

James Tanner shows us the importance of following immigration patterns in our genealogy research.

Study Citation:
MyHeritage Study
Quantitative analysis of population-scale family trees with millions of relatives
BY JOANNA KAPLANIS, ASSAF GORDON, TAL SHOR, OMER WEISSBROD, DAN GEIGER, MARY WAHL, MICHAEL GERSHOVITS, BARAK MARKUS, MONA SHEIKH, MELISSA GYMREK, GAURAV BHATIA, DANIEL G. MACARTHUR, ALKES L. PRICE, YANIV ERLICH
PUBLISHED ONLINE01 MAR 2018
DOI: 10.1126/science.aam9309

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Tree Building with Confidence: Turning Hints into Quality Profiles

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An Update of the Now Seventeen Rules of Genealogy

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How changing borders affect finding historical records

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Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker: Tracing Ancestors Through Occupational Records

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