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AF-556: Vital Records: A Closer Look at Family History Research #2 Dec 19, 2021

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The next logical place for you to continue your beginning family history research is with vital records. These are typically birth, death, and marriage records. These are super important records to your genealogy research. This is the type of information you may find on these valuable record genres.

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AF-555: Family Interviews: A Closer Look at Family History Research #1 Dec 14, 2021

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If you are just beginning a family history research project, one of the best things you can do to give yourself a brilliant start is to interview the elder members of your family, as well as any existing family genealogists who have been researching a particular branch for a while. This is why you should interview these people, and the questions you should be asking them when you interview them.

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AF-554: The Twenty-Seventh Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments Dec 09, 2021

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The Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the US Constitution was proposed by the first Congress in 1789 but wasn't adopted to the Constitution until 1992. The amendment is simple and deals with Congressional salaries. This is what you need to know about this amendment, why it took so long to become part of the US Constitution, and what it says.

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AF-553: The Twenty-Sixth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments Dec 07, 2021

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The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution changed the legal voting age in the United States from twenty-one to eighteen. The reason for this was the military draft in WWII and Vietnam that allowed 18 to 21-year-olds to be drafted when they were not allowed to vote. The situation was unfair, and this amendment fixed it.

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AF-552: DNA Health Research: A Closer Look at DNA Research #4 Dec 03, 2021

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DNA testing for health purposes is extremely popular right now. Many people test their DNA JUST to get health information, and not for genealogical purposes at all, although the health information can be used for genealogy research, as well. This is what you need to know about DNA testing for health results, what the companies do to determine your results, and how to interpret them...

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AF-551: Autosomal DNA: A Closer Look at DNA Research #3 Nov 30, 2021

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Welcome back to the Ancestral Findings Podcast . . . Autosomal DNA is a different type of DNA research you might want to consider. In fact, it is the most common and popular type of DNA testing done for genealogical purposes today. This is what autosomal DNA is, what it can tell you, and the ways you can use it to more accurately add to your family tree... Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/autosomal-dna-a-closer-look-at-dna-research-3/

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AF-550: The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments Nov 25, 2021

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The Twenty-Fifth Amendment is the amendment that tells how the office of the President of the United States is to be handled if the President dies or is disabled while in office. It also gives the procedure for filling the office of Vice-President if it becomes vacant. This is what you need to know about this important and often misunderstood amendment.

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AF-549: The Twenty-Fourth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments Nov 22, 2021

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The Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution made the use of the poll tax as a requirement to register to vote unconstitutional. After the Civil War, many of the southern states enacted poll taxes to prevent African-Americans from voting, as they knew most of them were lower income and would not be able to pay the tax.

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AF-548: mtDNA: A Closer Look at DNA Research #2 Nov 19, 2021

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The female-line DNA is called mtDNA, and it is one type of DNA that you can choose to be tested to find out more about the female line of your family. Women give a copy of their mtDNA to both their daughters and sons, but only the daughters can hand it down to the next generation. This is what you need to know about mtDNA, and what you can do with it to add ancestors to your family tree.

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AF-547: Y-DNA: A Closer Look at DNA Research #1 Nov 15, 2021

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If you are interested in doing DNA research, there are several different types you can have done. This article discusses Y-DNA, which allows you to follow your direct male-line ancestors back into history. This is what Y-DNA is, and what you can do with it in your research.

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