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How to Find Descendants in the United States (view source)
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'''More clues.''' 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 and their immediate children. Collaborating with new contacts about the new clues you find may help you get past dead ends in your ancestral research. | '''More clues.''' 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 and their immediate children. Collaborating with new contacts about the new clues you find may help you get past dead ends in your ancestral research. | ||
'''More recent records''' are usually easier to find, more complete, and easier to understand. Descendancy research takes advantage of more recent records over earlier, usually harder to find older records. | |||
== '''Risks of Descendancy Research''' == | == '''Risks of Descendancy Research''' == | ||