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A National Center for Family History, Heritage & Culture.

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@AncestorExperts
American Ancestors
1 year
American Ancestors is officially open to the public! šŸŽ‰ Come visit us at 97 Newbury Street! Learn more: https://t.co/14IfrlqDHw
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American Ancestors
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What's new at American Ancestors? @DLGenealogist discusses some upcoming programs and publications for October and November!
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@ShamrockGen
Melanie McComb | ā˜˜ļø The Shamrock Genealogist 🌳🧬
4 months
Join us at @AncestorExperts for August Adventures today for free admission to the library, the Family Heritage Experience, and lots of free activities including selfies with our Chief Genealogist @DLGenealogist #genealogy #familyhistory
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American Ancestors
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Summer 2025 Issue of American AncestorsĀ Magazine Now Available! The summer issue of American Ancestors focuses on home sources for family history. View now at: https://t.co/aTJrjJ2TXg
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Robert F. Smith
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@AncestorExperts just opened its Family Heritage Experience and marked the occasion by naming its Back Bay HQ after my friend @HenryLouisGates. Skip has done incredible work connecting people to their heritage — this honor is incredibly well-deserved.
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Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll
8 months
Within the walls of @AncestorExperts National Center for Family History, Heritage & Culture are thousands of family stories we can learn about — and learn from. Excited to officially reopen their HQ in Boston with @HenryLouisGates and Thomas Bailey Hagen!
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@RootsTechConf
RootsTech
9 months
Number 2 on our list of most memorable RootsTech 2025 moments: Elizabeth Freeman’s only living relative joined us at the Impact Forum! ✨ We were truly blown away by this powerful connection to history. Watch it now online to get chills! https://t.co/Bo4YjkaM9c
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@DLGenealogist
David Allen Lambert
9 months
On the road to @USNatArchives with a bus load of #Genealogists with the @AncestorExperts #WashingtonDC tour on Day 1.
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American Ancestors
10 months
Seventeenth-century New England may be one of the most studied eras in genealogy, resulting in a range of resources to help family historians trace their history. Download our free guide to get started on your research. https://t.co/6jzupzuEO0
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@DLGenealogist
David Allen Lambert
10 months
So proud of my friend and colleague @AncestorExperts Libdsay Fulton - a powerful speaker at @RootsTechConf
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@FamilySearch
FamilySearch
10 months
Lindsay Fulton of American Ancestors shares progress of the @10MillionNames Project to identify those who had been enslaved in the United States and their descendants. https://t.co/km6ChVIzWM #Genealogy @RootsTechConf @AncestorExperts
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@DLGenealogist
David Allen Lambert
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Melanie McComb @ShamrockGen delivering her @AncestorExperts lecture "Oh Yes I went to the front!" Women in the Civil War on 3/8 at @RootsTechConf #RootsTech 2025 #CivilWar
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American Ancestors
10 months
Do you have a young historian in your family? There's still time for this to submit to our 2025 Youth Family Historians Essay Contest! Learn more about the contest: https://t.co/bTocdkEWhb
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American Ancestors
10 months
In the latest Vita Brevis post, researcher Kate Gilbert visits local cemeteries to locate and uncover the gravestones of each of her Kimball family ancestors. https://t.co/J284h6cGPy
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Researcher Kate Gilbert visits local cemeteries to locate and uncover the gravestones of each of her Kimball family ancestors.
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@DLGenealogist
David Allen Lambert
10 months
@AncestorExperts Senior Genealogist, Melanie McComb @ShamrockGen presenting on Using Tax Records in Family History Research today at @RootsTechConf #RootsTech2025 (8 am MT) Room 155E #Genealogy #TaxRecords
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@DLGenealogist
David Allen Lambert
10 months
The #ExtremeGenes Reunion. So great to see my longtime friend and fellow podcast and radio show partner Scott Fisher at @RootsTechConf @AncestorExperts
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American Ancestors
10 months
Nearly 250 years ago, America declared its independence from the British Empire. In this free webinar, @DLGenealogist will discuss how to research your colonial ancestors and determine how they may have served the cause of the Revolution. https://t.co/RReJjD5087
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@AncestorExperts
American Ancestors
10 months
We have added a "Supplemental Applications" volume to our database, "Massachusetts: Society of Colonial Wars Membership Applications, 1560-1970." This update contains 12,400 pages, 136,123 records, and 324,844 names! Search this database here: https://t.co/3EZMxk1SyY
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American Ancestors
10 months
We are excited to announce that the Family Heritage Experience will open on April 25 at American Ancestors' headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts! Our interactive exhibition inspires you to explore your family history and heritage in a new way. Learn more: https://t.co/2J1ujruJqk
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@DLGenealogist
David Allen Lambert
10 months
Robert Charles Anderson, Director of the Great Migration Project @AncestorExperts - Many have asked about his official obituary so wanted to share this. He will always be missed by his friends and colleagues here and in the greater #genealogy community
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View Robert Charles Anderson's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
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