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[quote=Anonymous]have you compiled as much of your family tree as you can, starting with living people and working backward? Genealogy is one of my hobbies, and that's what I usually do. I wouldn't focus (at first) on the 1790s until you have a tree that's as complete as you can make it. It's really hard to use DNA info if you don't know the rest of the picture. Otherwise, it's hard to sort through the results and figure out what to discard and what to focus on. I like to use ancestry.com as a starting point because you can also see if anyone else is researching your family, and the DNA software integrates pretty easily.

The other benefit to this approach is that you can link up with other people who are researching west African ancestors, and once you try the easy resources, they can point you to the more obscure sources. Once you start working on your tree, you can also take it to one of the Mormon research facilities (there are a few in the dc area) and their researches can help too. They're more willing to help if you've done your own research first though.[/quote]

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