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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
Find Famous Relatives
Find Famous Relatives
Find Famous Relatives