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Something Ain't Right!

If you’ve been doing genealogy research for any length of time, you have reached a point where you say to yourself, “Something ain’t...

Naja Martin

Feb 9, 20213 min read

Searching Amongst The Dead

Recently, we had a client who’s 90+ year old mother had recently passed. She wanted to scatter her moms ashes with her mother’s sister....

Naja Martin

Feb 2, 20212 min read

Counting Cousins

Until I started doing genealogy work, I had no idea what people meant by 2nd cousin once removed or twice removed. I’m thinking, removed?...

Naja Martin

Jan 26, 20212 min read

Unofficial Adoption

When doing genealogical research, death certificates generally reflect the parents that raised the child. At times, people use the death...

Naja Martin

Jan 19, 20212 min read

Black Slave Owners

After talking briefly about free people of color in our last blog, I wanted to also touch on the topic of black slave owners. In my own...

Naja Martin

Jan 12, 20212 min read

Free Person of Color vs. Freedmen

You may have seen these 2 terms listed when doing genealogy research. What do these terms mean? Well I want to give you a few key points...

Naja Martin

Jan 5, 20213 min read

Native Roots

Why doesn’t my DNA test show my Native American heritage? Almost every black person I know has been told that they have Cherokee in them,...

Naja Martin

Dec 29, 20202 min read

Kissing Cousins!

As promised, this week, we are talking about endogamy. You have probably never heard the term before. Basically it means that marrying...

Naja Martin

Dec 15, 20203 min read

I took the test, now what?

Now that you’ve taken the DNA test and you’re waiting to get your results. If you haven’t done so already take this time to broaden your...

Naja Martin

Dec 8, 20202 min read

To Test or Not to Test?

During Thanksgiving and Christmas all of the major DNA testing companies run a sale on their test kits. You’ve probably looked at them...

Naja Martin

Dec 1, 20203 min read

Genealogy Life Cycle- Death Records

We conclude our life cycle series with the documented conclusion of life, death certificates. Death certificates are fairly similar from...

Naja Martin

Nov 17, 20202 min read

Genealogy Life Cycle - marriage records

This is the second installment of our lifecycle series. We started with birth records, now we are moving into marriage documents. The...

Naja Martin

Nov 10, 20202 min read

Genealogy Life Cycle- Birth Info

New researchers often assume they should start at what seems to be the beginning, birth. While this may seem like a logical approach to...

Naja Martin

Nov 3, 20202 min read

Searching the US Census Pt 4

We have reached the conclusion of our series on using the census for genealogy research. We will conclude with acknowledging 3 unique...

Naja Martin

Oct 27, 20202 min read

Searching Census Records Part 3

Last week, we discussed the inconsistencies often found in census records. Today, we continue our census series with a discussion on the...

Naja Martin

Oct 20, 20202 min read

Searching Census Records Part 2

Last week we started our census series. We covered the basics, but now let’s talk about some of the inconsistencies we find. I have...

Naja Martin

Oct 13, 20203 min read

Searching Census Records Part 1

In our last blog, we gave you some tips for using Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. This week, we begin our series on the U.S. federal...

Naja Martin

Oct 6, 20202 min read

Ancestry vs. Family Search: a few tips

Last week, we talked about the basics of starting a family tree. Now that you know the basics, what comes next? If you choose to push...

Naja Martin

Sep 29, 20202 min read

How to start a family tree!

Last week, we didn’t do a blog because we introduced our first vlog! But now we’re back. The heart of what we do at Tangled adopts...

Naja Martin

Sep 22, 20202 min read

Welcome to the Tangled Roots Blog!

I'm Naja! I'm one of the genealogists with Tangled Roots Research. My cousin Teresa and I are so passionate about genealogy research. We...

Naja Martin

Sep 3, 20202 min read