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Ancestry.com is sponsoring a new television show starting tomorrow, Saturday, April 4, on NBC at noon. The show is called “Roots Less Traveled” and follows a pair of family members​…

Looking for something to read while you’re stuck at home? It is possible to read the March/April issue of Family Tree magazine for free by using the following link: https://www.familytreemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FTM__MarApr20_giveaway.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2WyMU5BD2SC2HsuhmoTxotrh1KfafVGmxwnME5cI-QVrVtWainto0azZI…

Here are a few more ideas for some genealogy activities we can all do from home. Free genealogy lessons are being given on the genealogy blog “Digging Up the Dirt…

The genealogy website MyHeritage.com will be offering  “Ask The Expert” webinars via GoToWebinars. The online webinars will be held twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time….

With many of us staying at home right now due to COVID-19 restrictions, an indexing project may be one way to pass the time. One of the most well-known indexing…

Instead of its regular in-person Genealogy Research Discussion Group meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, the Patchogue-Medford Public Library will be hosting a virtual Genealogy Research Discussion Group from 10-11:30…

Some good news for local genealogists — Ancestry.com is providing free remote access now through the end of April to anyone with library cards in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Just…

Ancestry.com and The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration are providing FREE access to search nearly 500 million records and images on Ancestry starting today. You will need to set…

If you missed the 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon sponsored by Legacy Family Tree Webinars and MyHeritage.com, there is still time to watch the sessions for free. Normally the webinars at…

The New York Public Library system is temporarily closed through at least Tuesday, March 31 due to COVID-19. However, to help serve its patrons, some of its database vendors are…