Family Tree Magazine March/April 2025 Digital Edition

What's Inside!

Highlights from this issue include:

• Comparisons of Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, and MyHeritage—including tips for finding records and using family trees at each
• Expert advice for finding female ancestors, including elusive maiden names
• Detailed guidance on finding Swedish and Irish roots
• A summary for finding and using divorce records
• A FREE Surnames Cheat Sheet

Contents

Three's Company: By Sunny Jane Morton. Which big genealogy website is the best for you? This comparison highlights the features—and billions of records—at Ancestry.com, FamilySearch and MyHeritage.

Question Marks: By the Editors of Family Tree Magazine. The US census asked different questions in different years. Learn what details it collected (and when) with this at-a-glance table.

How Swede It Is: By David A. Fryxell. Delve into your Swedish heritage with these five key records.

The Feminine Mystique: By Gena Philibert-Ortega. Rediscover the lives of the women in your family tree with this advice for overcoming brick walls in female ancestor research.

Plus!

• A Special Preview of RootsTech
• Research Guides: Louisiana and Washingotn State
• Stories to Tell
• Tech News
• Lisa’s Picks
• Source Spotlight: Divorce Records
• Website Tutorial: Goldie May
• Photo Detective
• Family History Home: Saving Newspaper Clippings
• Now What
• From the Archive: Searching Irish Ancestors in Griffith's Valuation
• DNA Q&A: Can Your Test Hair for DNA?

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