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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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