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Calling Your Kin
By David A. Fryxell
Are your ancestors missing between census years? Try tracing your roots in online city directories. We're sharing every trick in the phone book right here.

Name Dropping
By David A. Fryxell
Clues in your ancestors' given names could help you identify earlier generations. Here's how.

Pathways to Poland
By Cecile Wendt Jensen with Sunny Jane Morton
Retrace your family's roots to Poland with our guide.

Saving Faces
By Denise Levenick
It doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg to rescue your family pictures from damaging frames and magnetic albums. Try these three easy photo preservation projects you can do right at home.

Character Development
By Desmond Walls Allen
Become a better genealogist by training your brain to take on these 12 key characteristics of roots researchers.

Family Feast
By Sunny Jane Morton
These appetizing conversation starters will get the juicy family history talk flowing at your next get-together.