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Welcome to the Family Roots and Branches Genealogy Blogspot. This site is devoted genealogical hints, tricks, tips and news for family historians. You will also find info on genealogy classes and meetings here in western North Carolina. This blog is run by Larry and Gayle Van Horn and you can reach us via email at familyhistorian at frontier dot com. Copyright 2006-2023 by Family Roots and Branches, a division of Teak Publishing.

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  • Captain Roger Mallory Bio (Mallory Family Immigrant)
  • Family Roots and Branches Website
  • Gayle's Family History Blog
  • Larry's Family History Blog
  • Nicolas Martiau 6 Generation Chart (PDF)
  • Our Family Group Sheets (PDF)

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Genetic Genealogy/DNA Internet Links

  • A Methodology for Researching Autosomal DNA Results from Family Finder
  • Effect of Phasing on Reducing False Matches Distant Matches
  • FTDNA Family Finder Autosomal DNA Wiki
  • FTDNA Interpreting Your Genetic Genealogy Resuls
  • GEDMatch Admixture Guide
  • Ham DNA Tools Web Page
  • Internet Genetic Genealogy Links
  • ISOGG Autosomal DNA Wiki
  • ISOGG Autosomal SNP Comparison Chart
  • Succeeding with autosomal DNA (atDNA) by Jim Bartlett
  • X-Chromosome Female Inheritance Chart
  • X-Chromosome Male Inheritance Chart
  • X-Chromosome Matching at Family Tree DNA

Genealogical Gems on the Internet

  • Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
  • Barry's Blog on Genealogy
  • Civil War Military Records by Larry Van Horn
  • FamilySearch Community Trees
  • Genealogy on Facebook
  • Genealogy Research Papers by William G Scroggins
  • Martindale's 23,885 Calculators On-Line Center
  • Nicolas Martiau, the adventurous Huguenot, the military engineer, and the earliest American ancestor of George Washington, by John Baer Stoudt.
  • Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters
  • Talliaferro is Tolliver: Surnames Sound a Challenge for Researchers
  • United States Military Campaigns, Conflicts, Expeditions, and Wars by Larry Van Horn
  • United States Record Selection Table
  • US National Cemetery Interment Control Form Images

Genealogy Forms

  • Ancestor Chart (PDF) Courtesy of Ancestry
  • Correspondence Record (PDF) Courtesy of Ancestry
  • Family Group Sheet (PDF) Courtesy of Ancestry
  • Genealogy Resources Checklist (PDF) Courtesy of FRB
  • Research Calendar (PDF) Courtesy of Ancestry
  • Research Extract (PDF) Courtesy of Ancestry
  • Source Summary Form (PDF) Courtesy of Ancestry

Genealogy Research Sites

  • American Memory Project - US Congressional Documents and Debates - House/Senate Journals including the American State Papers
  • Ancestry.com
  • BLM Land Records Search
  • Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666
  • FamilySearch.org Website (Millions of Genealogy Records)
  • Find-A-Grave
  • Fold3
  • GenealogyBank.com
  • International Genealogy Sleuth™
  • Library of Congress - Chronicling America Newspaper Project
  • NPS Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Website
  • NSDAR Genealogy Research System (GRS)
  • Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records - A US Genealogy Guide
  • Rootsweb
  • Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters
  • United States Genealogy Sleuth™
  • USGenWeb Project

Genealogy Links We Recommend

  • 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites
  • Chicago, IL Key Genealogy Resources Online - Handy Guide
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
  • Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
  • Family Tree 101 Best Genealogy Web Sites for 2009
  • Family Tree DNA
  • FamilySearch Place/Map Resources
  • FamilySearch.org Blog
  • First Families of Virginia
  • FRB Military Records and Genealogy Research
  • Genea-Musing Randy Seaver
  • Genealogy Blog Finder
  • Heritage Books
  • International Genealogy Sleuth™
  • Joe Beine's Genealogy Blogs and Newsletters
  • Library of Congress - Chronicling America Newspaper Project
  • Military Records and Genealogy Research
  • PDFmyURL.com
  • The Genealogist Cafe
  • The Genealogue
  • The Genetic Genealogist
  • The Legal Genealogist
  • United States Genealogy Sleuth™
  • US Vital Records
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
  • Where to Write for Vital Records in the US (PDF) CDC 1-9-2008

Genealogy Software We Recommend

  • Families iPhone/iTouch/iPad App
  • GenSmarts 2 - Automated Genealogy Research
  • Legacy Family Tree - Millenia

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  • Karen's Family Files Blog

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