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2026-07-21 Finding Your Female Ancestors: It can be a challenge tracing female ancestors in your tree, because of name changes at marriage and other reasons. Ancestry Academy has a free series of videos that are focused on helping you with researching your female ancestors. Topics include general strategies and finding records for the women, their husbands, their children and siblings, plus a helpful case study. For additional tips on finding female ancestors, see Goal B4 in the United States page.
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