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Create custom photography albums, family history books & genealogy charts with MyCanvas' free online templates. Streamline the process with @Ancestry.

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🌳 Genealogy Term of the Day 📖 Ancestor v Decedent.

An ancestor is any relative that came before you - parents, grandparents, anyone who lived before you were born. Descendants are your children and their offspring - anyone who comes after you.

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The Knowledge Base on our website is full of articles explaining how to turn your Ancestry data into physical keepsakes. One of our most popular articles is ‘How to add Generations, People and Pages to your Family History Book.’

See the article here: https://t.co/GWdVhIhmwi

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Our Family Tree Posters are printed and packed up with love in our home city of Madison, WI - seen here in a photo from 1942.

Make your own Family Tree Poster here: https://t.co/gzi2WRzMX5

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Last Call for Mother’s Day gifts! Tomorrow is the last day to place an order using Express Shipping to receive it in time for Mother’s Day. Make a Family Tree Poster or print her a copy of your Family History book. She will love it.

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🌳 Genealogy Term of the Day 📖 Surname, aka Last or Family Names. As far back as the 11th century they identified an aspect of someone’s life - a job, birthplace or father’s name. By 1400 they were passed down thru generations and/or taken-on when families merge thru marriage.

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Mother’s Day is coming! Tomorrow is the last day to place an order at https://t.co/9OHWyd4Y5g using Standard Shipping to get it in time for Mother’s Day. Give the gift of family history to a mom in your life.

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Did you know we print more than Family Tree Posters and Books? We love turning family memories into art!

We do just that in a BIG way with Engineer Prints - 3x4 FOOT prints on lightweight paper that hangs in a snap with our magnetic Wood Rails.

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Are you looking to pick up a Family History Project that you started on MyCanvas but never finished? This helpful article shows you exactly how to find your saved project:
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Term of the Day: Numbered Cousins

If you share grandparents, they are your cousin. If you share great-grandparents they are your 2nd cousin.

Count the ‘greats’ in the title of your common ancestor and add 1! If you have the same great-great-great-grandpa they are a 4th cousin.

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Need help turning family data into a keepsake? Our Help Center is full of tips, we have a YouTube Channel with helpful tutorials, and you can reach a friendly human anytime by emailing us.

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Put your history on display with just a few clicks! You can turn your Ancestry family data into a beautiful Family Tree Poster in minutes on https://t.co/9OHWyd4Y5g.

We’ll print it on archival quality photo paper, and ship it right to your door.

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Did you know we have a YouTube Channel? 📺 Head on over to find video tutorials to help you create and edit your own family heirloom, from your Ancestry data.

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🌳 Genealogy Term(s) of the Day 📖 What is an Emigrant v. an Immigrant? An emigrant is someone who moves away. An Immigrant is someone who moves in. Ex. Many people emigrated from Ireland in the 19th century. During that period immigrants were settling in the US from all over.

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We have loads of answers to your frequently asked questions in our help center. Our most visited article is “How to get started creating a Family History Book.” Head on over for a step by step guide. https://t.co/YLhQ7GubZl

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Have you seen the all-new https://t.co/9OHWyd4Y5g? We had to rebuild the site and are adding new features as we go. We have the Family Tree Posters and Family History Books you love, plus a few new products. Let us help you bring your history home. https://t.co/9Xx88LvuKM

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Wishing you all a safe and #HappyHalloween! 🎃

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Before #pumpkins, people used to carve out turnips. When Scottish and Irish immigrants moved to North America they brought the tradition with them, However it was cheaper and easy to use pumpkins in America. Since then pumpkins became the traditional #JackOLantern #HappyHalloween

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#Autumn is full of #memory making moments. Don't forget to capture one or two.

#photograph #photos #memories

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Apples have a unique romantic #history with #Halloween. Bobbing for apples was a game to predict who would get married first in the coming year.
Girls would also throw the peels over their shoulders at midnight to see the initials of the man they were going to marry.

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The weather is quickly getting colder. It's the perfect time to snuggle up with a blanket, and work on #genealogy.

#familyhistory #family