Genealogy boom exposes personal data scammers can exploit

Using genealogy websites can expose personal data that scammers use to target families, according to experts warning about privacy risks.
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Genealogy sites have helped solve major crimes. Police in Nancy Guthrie's case might turn to them

APARTMENT WINDOW. POLICE HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED ANY ARRESTS. NEW TONIGHT THE REWARD FOR ANONYMOUS TIPS IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF NANCY GUTHRIE JUMPS COMING FROM A DONOR HERE IN MILWAUKEE. >> A PROMINENT ...
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Genealogy from home: How to search online Ellis Island, NYC records and Ancestry databases

Planning to look into your family's history as a 2025 resolution? There are plenty of ways to get started — from Ellis Island passenger searches you can do online, to digitized census records ...
Irish ExaminerOpinion

Colin Sheridan: Taking a DNA test to trace your ancestry can have more sinister outcomes than finding your roots

Someone spitting into a tube to gain insight into their ancestry — and occasionally their health — is giving away highly ...
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Genealogy sites have helped solve major crimes. Police in Nancy Guthrie's case might turn to them

Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that police took to unravel a decades-old series of murders in California and ...