Genealogy Methodology: Getting Around Burned Counties | Ancestry

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Fires. Floods. Wars. Bugs. Lots of things threaten the precious records that use to reconstruct the identities of our families. When you are looking for records, it helps to know if the records you are looking for no longer exist. Join Crista Cowan for a look at the "burned counties" in the United States. She will then share her favorite tricks for getting around those missing records to find the information we need to keep climbing our family trees.

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