What's Inside!

Highlights from this issue include:

101 useful genealogy websites, handpicked by experts
A guide to ethnicity estimates: How they’re calculated, what they mean, and why they change
Tips for using the latest AI tools at the big genealogy websites like Ancestry.com
A detailed tutorial of AncestryDNA and its many features
A FREE Land Records Cheat Sheet

Contents

Super Sites: By David A. Fryxell. With great (computing) power comes great responsibility. The 101 Best Genealogy Websites of 2026 will take your research up, up and away.

Rainbow Connection: By Diahan Southard. Learn all about the often-misunderstood ethnicity estimates—whether yours are Kelly green or Prussian blue.

On the Origins of Journeys: By Shannon Combs-Bennett. Origins? Journeys? DNA matches? Navigate and understand your recently updated AncestryDNA results.

Three to Make Ready: By Andrew Koch. With this roundup of new AI tools at the big genealogy websites, you’ll be off to the races.

Plus!

Research Guides: Rhode Island and Texas
Stories to Tell
Tech News
Lisa’s Picks
Website Tutorial: Newspaper Finder
Photo Detective
Family History Home: Preserving Old Maps
Now What
From the Archive: Finding Ancestors “Hiding” in the Census
DNA Q&A: Whole-Genome Sequencing

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