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Most Viewed Episodes in 2022
1/6 videos
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Robin Foster
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Robin Foster
01:26
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Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Native American DNA & Visualizations
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Native American DNA & Visualizations
01
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with Drew Smith
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with Drew Smith
58:39
4
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Searching Digital Newspapers & Visualize Your Ancestors with Google
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Searching Digital Newspapers & Visualize Your Ancestors with Google
58:46
5
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Online Auctions and Timelines
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Online Auctions and Timelines
56:25
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with After You Find the Last Enslaver
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with After You Find the Last Enslaver
59:58

PLAYLIST DESCRIPTION

Binge DNA for Native Americans, Obituaries, underground railroad, enslaved, Google maps, newspapers, homestead, auctions, timelines, and more from Robin Foster, Roberta Estes, Dr. Shelley, Drew Smith, Char McCargo Bar, and Lisa Louise Cooke

EPISODES

* The Fix Isn’t In! & Catching Clues from Obituary to UGRR
* DNA for Native American & Virtuoso Visualizations: Bathtubs, Pools, and Puddles
* OCR: Oh, See Yourself Searching Digital Newspapers & Visualize Your Ancestors with Google
* There's More Than Dirt in a Homestead File & The New Woman
* This Timeline Has Steps & Bidder Up: Using Online Auctions

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DNA + Genetic Genealogy

DNA + Genetic Genealogy​
1/6 videos
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Genealogy Quick Start: DNA and Genealogy
Genealogy Quick Start: DNA and Genealogy
30:02
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Preparing for DNA Results & Finding a Great Grand with DNA
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Preparing for DNA Results & Finding a Great Grand with DNA
01:03:06
3
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Exploring DNA Results & Enslaved in Northern Records
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Exploring DNA Results & Enslaved in Northern Records
55:45
4
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE:  Using DNA to Find Distant Ancestry and Ticking off Ancestors
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Using DNA to Find Distant Ancestry and Ticking off Ancestors
58:30
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Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Native American DNA & Visualizations
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Native American DNA & Visualizations
01
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with Dead Men Do Tell Tales & It&#039s Your Momma&#039s DNA
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with Dead Men Do Tell Tales & It's Your Momma's DNA
58:08

PLAYLIST DESCRIPTION

Learn all about taking DNA tests with Special Guests Dena Marie, Your DNA Guide Diahnn Southard, Blaine Bettinger, Patti Hobbs, Roberta Estes.

In these episodes, we'll tackle which DNA test to take, how to prepare for DNA results, deciphering results, finding family members, including how to find your Native American ancestors.

EPISODES

* DNA and Genealogy
* Preparing for DNA Results & Finding a Great Grand with DNA
* Exploring DNA Results/Enslaved in Northern Records
* DNA for Distant Ancestry & Ticking Off Ancestors
* DNA for Native American & Virtuoso Visualizations: Bathtubs, Pools, and Puddles
* Dead Men Do Tell Tales: Bringing a Funeral to Life & It's Yo Mamma's DNA: Mastering the Mighty Mito"

black genealogy

Black Genealogy
1/14 videos
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Freedmen&#039s Bureau & Civil War Era, Off the Battlefield
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Freedmen's Bureau & Civil War Era, Off the Battlefield
01:14:01
2
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Finding Enslaved People and City Directories
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Finding Enslaved People and City Directories
58:11
3
Genealogy Quick Start: Online Genealogy
Genealogy Quick Start: Online Genealogy
30:02
4
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Finding Fraternal Ancestors and Pinpointing Census Birth Locations
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Finding Fraternal Ancestors and Pinpointing Census Birth Locations
59:25
5
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Newspapers Research & Strategies
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Newspapers Research & Strategies
01:12:25
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Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE Verifying Occupations & Tracking Federal Land Warrants
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE Verifying Occupations & Tracking Federal Land Warrants
54:04
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Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Evidence of Freedom & Commingling Collaterals
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Evidence of Freedom & Commingling Collaterals
57:09
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Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: VA. Slave Births and Place Names
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: VA. Slave Births and Place Names
59
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Occupations and After the Freedmen&#039s Bureau Index
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Occupations and After the Freedmen's Bureau Index
58:38
10
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with After You Find the Last Enslaver
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with After You Find the Last Enslaver
59:58
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with Enslaved to Enslaver in the British West Indies
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with Enslaved to Enslaver in the British West Indies
59:38
12
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Estate Inventories & Twisted Road to Freedom
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Estate Inventories & Twisted Road to Freedom
55:43
13
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Man-ual  Browsing & Enslaved, Emancipated, and AME
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Man-ual Browsing & Enslaved, Emancipated, and AME
57:23
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with Linda Crichlow White
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with Linda Crichlow White
01:10

PLAYLIST DESCRIPTION

Find a collection of videos on Black Genealogy specific-subjects that cover a range of African American topics and geographic areas including free people, indentured, enslaved, slavery, slave births, Freedmen's Bureau, fraternal organizations, newspapers, freedom, underground railroad, enslaver, British West Indies, emancipated, passing.

Special Guests: Sharon Batiste Gillins, Franklin Carter Smith, James Morgan III, Aaron Dorsey, Michael Hait, Leslie Anderson, Char Bah McCargo, Phillip Nicholas, Paul Schopp, Art Thomas, Linda Crichlow White

EPISODES

* Freedmen's Bureau
* Finding Enslaved People
* Finding Fraternal Ancestors
* Evidence of Freedom
* VA Slave Births
* After You Find the Last Enslaver
* After the Freedmen's Bureau
* Enslaved to Enslaver in the British West Indies
* Twisted Road to Freedom
* Enslaved, Emancipated and AME
* When Race Isn't Just Black and White

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Census Records

Census Records
1/5 videos
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Finding Fraternal Ancestors and Pinpointing Census Birth Locations
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Finding Fraternal Ancestors and Pinpointing Census Birth Locations
59:25
2
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Having a Good Conversation and Confirming Your Ticked Off Family
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Having a Good Conversation and Confirming Your Ticked Off Family
58:10
3
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE:  Using DNA to Find Distant Ancestry and Ticking off Ancestors
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Using DNA to Find Distant Ancestry and Ticking off Ancestors
58:30
4
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: The Legal Genealogist Reality Check & Can You State the Census?
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: The Legal Genealogist Reality Check & Can You State the Census?
57:15
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Census Rules & Turning Timelines Into Bullseyes
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Census Rules & Turning Timelines Into Bullseyes
55:07

PLAYLIST DESCRIPTION

These videos center on census records contains tons of ancestry details. Some of the subjects include birth locations, state census and methodology for know when the tick is when there is no name in the earliest census records.

EPISODES

* Pinpointing Census Birth Locations
* Confirming Your Ticked Off Family
* Ticking Off Ancestors
* Can You State the Census?
* Census Rules

Maps and Place Names

Maps and Place Names
1/5 videos
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US Historical County/State Boundaries
US Historical County/State Boundaries
30
2
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Pandemic Genealogy and Mapping Ancestors
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Pandemic Genealogy and Mapping Ancestors
01:07:51
3
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Deep Dive into Dad & Aerial Maps
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Deep Dive into Dad & Aerial Maps
58:11
4
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Church Records & Place Names
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Church Records & Place Names
58:58
5
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Placing Your Person & Sounding Off on Soundex
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Placing Your Person & Sounding Off on Soundex
54:41

PLAYLIST DESCRIPTION

These videos feature a mix of map-specific topics from: aerial maps, cadastral maps, Google Maps, and more with special guest speakers: Lisa Louise Cooke, James M. Beidler, and Michael John Neill.

EPISODES

* Mapping Ancestors
* Aerial Maps
* Place Names
* Placing Your Person
* Visualize Your Ancestors with Google

Military Ancestry

Military Ancestry
1/6 videos
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Beyond Rev War Pensions & Netting All the Names You Need
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Beyond Rev War Pensions & Netting All the Names You Need
58:30
2
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Searching for WW2 Veterans and Securing the Source
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Searching for WW2 Veterans and Securing the Source
58:28
3
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: The Pension Index Card Quartet & Are the Records Open or Closed?
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: The Pension Index Card Quartet & Are the Records Open or Closed?
58:12
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Freedmen&#039s Bureau & Civil War Era, Off the Battlefield
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Freedmen's Bureau & Civil War Era, Off the Battlefield
01:14:01
5
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Missing Record Options (Military/Birth)
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Missing Record Options (Military/Birth)
01:12:25
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: You Do Need This Appendix & GAR Ancestors
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: You Do Need This Appendix & GAR Ancestors
01:01

PLAYLIST DESCRIPTION

From the Revolutionary War to World War II, this playlist highlights topics from pension index cards, and the Grand Army of the Republic and more with Special Guests: Craig R. Scott CG, FUGA, Michael Strauss AG, Jonathan Webb Deiss, and Walt Lafty.

EPISODES

* Beyond Revolutionary War Pensions
* Searching for WWII Veterans
* The Pension Index Quartet
* Missing Record Options (Military)
* GAR Ancestors

How Philly Are You?

This special LIVE episode explores what it means to be “Philly”. Whether by nurture or nature, being Philly is unique. We'll probe Philly-isms and interesting online collections documenting Philadelphia families. Guests Harold Burnley and Valerie Harris school this Jersey Girl on what it means to be Philly. Good thing that we got through the genealogy before talking about the block of grey meat!

Find this episode of "How Philly Are You?" at Genealogy Quick Start on YouTube here.

County Records

County Records
1/6 videos
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Estate Inventories & Twisted Road to Freedom
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Estate Inventories & Twisted Road to Freedom
55:43
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Naturalization & Estate Records
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Naturalization & Estate Records
56:52
3
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Federal Records and Probate Records
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Federal Records and Probate Records
01:04:16
4
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Finding Heirs & Married, Civilly Speaking
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Finding Heirs & Married, Civilly Speaking
55:45
5
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Library of Congress & Court Records
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Library of Congress & Court Records
56:33
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Moonshiners & Doing the Deed
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Moonshiners & Doing the Deed
54:05

PLAYLIST DESCRIPTION

County and town records such as marriage, estate, probate, court, deeds, wills, can be found in the county.

Find episodes with Special Guests from: James M. Beidler, Michael John Neill, and Ari Wilkins.

EPISODES

* Estate Inventories
* Estate Records
* Probate Records
* Married, Civil Records
* Court Records
* Doing the Deed

Vital Records

Vital Records
1/5 videos
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Death Records & Social History
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Death Records & Social History
01:01:43
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Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Death Records & Social History
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: Death Records & Social History
01:01:43
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Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: VA. Slave Births and Place Names
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: VA. Slave Births and Place Names
59
4
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Finding Heirs & Married, Civilly Speaking
Genealogy Quick Start TV LIVE: Finding Heirs & Married, Civilly Speaking
55:45
5
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: The Mysterious Death of Anna T McPhillips & Identifying the Burial Spot
Genealogy Quick Start LIVE: The Mysterious Death of Anna T McPhillips & Identifying the Burial Spot
57:08

PLAYLIST DESCRIPTION

Watch genealogy videos on vital records covering topics such as: death records, slave births, identifying burial spots and locating heirs in this playlist.

EPISODES

* Death Records
* Slave Births
* Finding Heirs
* Identifying the Burial Spot

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