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User submitted trees such as Ancestral File, the new FamilySearch Tree, and [[Pedigree Resource File]] contain second hand information. Use the information from user submitted trees to guide searches to authoritative records like birth certificates, church records, and other eye-witness accounts. | User submitted trees such as Ancestral File, the new FamilySearch Tree, and [[Pedigree Resource File]] contain second hand information. Use the information from user submitted trees to guide searches to authoritative records like birth certificates, church records, and other eye-witness accounts. | ||
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The current version of of Ancestral File is available online as part of ''[https://familysearch.org/family-trees FamilySearch Genealogies]''. Previous editions of Ancestral File have been available as computer databases on compact disc, and online. In addition, the paper family group records submissions prior to 1990 were made {{FHL|30353|item|disp=available on microfilms}} arranged by AF submission number. These films '''''may ''''' show sources not available to computerized database users, but source citations were usually sparse. | |||
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