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[Comment From Guest]
Do you do most of your work online or do you still go to libraries and archives? What's a good site to start with?

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I often start online, but once you cover the basics, you find yourself exploring libraries, archives, cemeteries, and so forth - and that's half the fun! It's like a detective game and sometimes the lesser known resources can be the most rewarding.

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[Comment From Guest]
I'm really impressed that you can trace strangers' roots. How do you get started? How much do you need to know about a person?

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With anyone, you start with the individual and work your way backwards through the generations. Generally, if I can find my way to relatives who were alive before 1930 and/or who have passed away in the U.S. since the early 1960s, I can usually get sufficient traction to pick up the family's trail.

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[Comment From Dot Hosking Huntley]
How do you manage research in cities far from you? Do you hire someone or do you travel there yourself?

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It depends on what I'm working on. While I enjoy on-site research, I tend to juggle a lot of projects so often don't have the luxury of going to the location. In those instances, yes, I'll hire someone in the area to, say, photograph tombstones in a nearby cemetery, look for particular records at the county courthouse, and so forth.

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[Comment From Phyllis Mascitti]
Can you recommend a testing service to send DNA to for genealogy purposes. I would love to know how far and where I go back to. I am Italian.

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There are actually several different types of DNA tests geared toward genealogists, so which company you choose will depend partly on what you want to learn. The most popular tests can reveal information about your direct paternal line or your direct maternal line, but there are also "admixture" tests that break your entire heritage into rough chunks of African, Asian and European heritage.

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[Comment From Dot Hosking Huntley]
I budget so much a month for genealogical research - copies, mileage, etc. How do you handle the cost of hiring a researcher?

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