Articles by Jeanie Croasmun
This month’s member story (a.k.a. your newsletter feedback at work)
I love hearing about people’s research success stories. What I didn’t realize is how much so many of you do, too. But after reading all of the comments asking us to bring back the member stories we formerly featured in our newsletter, I now know better.
While we work on a permanent place to showcase these… Read more
Announcing Your ALL-NEW Ancestry.com Monthly Newsletter
I’ll be honest, when I was first asked to edit the Ancestry.com monthly newsletter, I wasn’t quite sure what to think. It’s a fantastic means of communicating new content, enhancements and tools with you. But it’s an email, where everything should be quick and bite-sized. And family history, with detailed stories and individualized, custom research… Read more
And the Winner of Our Family History Journey Sweepstakes Is …
Congratulations to the grand-prize winner of our Family History Journey Sweepstakes, Michael F. from Skokie, Illinois. Michael will receive $20,000 for the family history journey of his dreams, plus consultation time with a genealogist and help from additional family history experts. Michael also gets a one-year Ancestry.com World Deluxe membership and five more to share… Read more
Have a Fine English or Canadian Wedding? Search Them This Week at Ancestry.com
I got married in the middle of night in the middle of the week in the middle of March in Vegas. Nothing glamorous and no celebrity-style scandal attached to the event, but it’s a good story. And when this rocking-chair history gets passed down a handful of generations, some descendant of mine can prove at… Read more
Season finale of Who Do You Think You Are? tonight at 8/7c on NBC
Just about everyone knows a family tale – but how many of us have discovered if the ones in our own family are true? That’s what actress Ashley Judd sets out to do on tonight’s season finale of Who Do You Think You Are? She starts with the story of an imprisoned Civil War veteran… Read more
Parallels on Who Do You Think You Are? Tonight
Ever get to a point in your research when it seems like your life and your ancestors’ lives are running parallel to one another? On tonight’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are? actress Gwyneth Paltrow comes face to face with this scenario. By first discovering the trail of an immigrant ancestor whose confidence… Read more
Watch an All-New Episode of Who Do You Think You Are? Tonight
Actor Steve Buscemi has played plenty of nefarious characters during his career. Now he’s searching through history to discover what kind of characters he has in his own family tree. You’ll learn what he uncovers in tonight’s all-new episode of Who Do You Think You Are? Ancestry.com is a sponsor of the show airing Friday… Read more
Want a Little More Irish Research Inspiration? Watch Tonight’s Who Do You Think You Are?
Keep the St. Patrick’s Day energy flowing with an encore episode of Who Do You Think You Are? featuring Rosie O’Donnell on a search for her family’s Irish roots. Ancestry.com is a sponsor of the show, which airs tonight at 8/7c on NBC. Take note: Rosie’s journey is full of family history detective work in… Read more
Watch an Encore Presentation of Who Do You Think You Are? Tonight
Watch an encore presentation of Who Do You Think You Are? on NBC tonight at 8/7c. Actress Kim Cattrall searches for her grandfather, who disappeared from the family in Depression-era England. Ancestry.com is a sponsor of the show. Watch a preview and more at www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are.
Tonight on NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? Lionel Richie solves the mystery of his great-grandfather
Lionel Richie grew up in the same house as his grandmother – so why did he never hear a thing about her father? You’ll discover the whole truth on tonight’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are? Lionel travels from his childhood home in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Chattanooga and Nashville, Tennessee, for the details.… Read more
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