Q: My mom and I have both tested with AncestryDNA. Should she be a shared match for all my matches on her side?"

Genealogy Question of the Day

Q: "My mom and I have both tested with AncestryDNA. Should she be a shared match for all my matches from her side of the family, because I received all that DNA from her? I have hundreds of matches, and she and I share only 12 of them. I thought things would be more equal between the two sides of my family."

Make a Family Recipe Cookbook

Memories of food are an important part of family history: cooking with your mother, holiday meals at your grandparents, or snacks with your siblings. Many of these tasty memories come with recipes. If you want to organize and share your family’s food past then join Gena Philibert-Ortega for this one-week workshop to learn about the connection between food history and genealogy and get ideas for how to organize (or create) a collection of family recipes.

10 Websites for Polish Genealogy Research

Take your family history back to Poland with these 10 free Polish genealogy websites, perfect for learning Polish history and finding your ancestor’s records.

Ultimate Guide to Genealogy Records eBook

Discover the best genealogy records! This ebook features guides to finding and using the most essential genealogy records, from census returns to passenger lists to birth, marriage and death records. Inside, you’ll find details on the most useful resources for each kind of record, plus how you can read records, interpret them and apply the information you find in them to your family tree.

Premium: Your Guide to Finding and Using State Census Records

Don’t count on federal enumerations alone for tracking your clan—follow our guide to find the clues hiding in state census records.

New! Find Your Ancestor’s Old World Town of Origin

In this episode, professional genealogist Rich Venezia offers some valuable research tips that will help you track down your ancestor’s Old World town of origin and find meaningful records. Plus: learn how to clean tombstones efficiently and respectfully and how you can use DeadFred.com to search for old photos of your ancestors and upload your own photos.