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Michael Troy

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Expertise

I can help with the following: How to get started with family research. Resources on the internet to help with research.

Experience in the area

I have been researching my own family history for several years. My focus has primarily been in Pennsylvania, but have also done research on family from New York, Canada, Ireland, Germany, and the Ukraine.

Organizations

Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania

Publications

View my own family tree at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mtroy

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Recent Answers from Michael Troy

2012-01-09 genealogy with limited sources?:

Hi Jenn, Doing searches on foreign records can be difficult unless you plan to visit the area. There are some online records from Haiti, which you can find here: http://www.agh.qc.ca/indexen.html

2011-10-03 Family tree file:

Hi Eleanor, A GEDCOM file is a particular format for storing data from family trees. It is used by a large number of Genealogy programs such as Family Tree Maker (which also stores files in a proprietary

2011-09-23 how to find old french family:

Hello, Finding a surname itself is rather easy. You could simply Google the name, or see if there is a discussion board at rootsweb.com. The hard part if showing a link between your branch of the

2011-07-21 Finding G.G.Grandfather:

Hi Diana, You can find ship passenger lists from this time period at this site: http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa1820-1840.shtml Ancestry.com also contains ship lists, although you

2011-05-11 Are my in-laws my cousins?:

Hi Jim, Some people use the term "cousin" to refer to any distant relative not closely defined. However, in a technical sense, a cousin must share some common ancestor with you. Adding "in-law"

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