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How to Find Descendants in the United States (view source)
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One advantage of descendancy research is the number of names you can find. For example, if you search from you to your grandparents and then to your great-grandparents (doing ancestral research), the number of direct-line ancestors you can find is 14 people. However, if you begin your research with your great-grandparents and locate all their descendants (doing descendancy research), the number of people you can find can be in the hundreds. The results of descendancy research can be amazing. | One advantage of descendancy research is the number of names you can find. For example, if you search from you to your grandparents and then to your great-grandparents (doing ancestral research), the number of direct-line ancestors you can find is 14 people. However, if you begin your research with your great-grandparents and locate all their descendants (doing descendancy research), the number of people you can find can be in the hundreds. The results of descendancy research can be amazing. | ||
Descendancy research can lead you to important clues, contacts, or records you might not find if you researched only direct ancestors. Collaborating with new contacts about the new clues you find | Descendancy research can lead you to important clues, contacts, or records such as family Bibles that you might not find if you researched only direct ancestors. Collaborating with new contacts about the new clues you find may help you get past dead ends in your ancestral research. | ||
== '''Risks of Descendancy Research''' == | == '''Risks of Descendancy Research''' == | ||