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War Letters - An Interview With Andrew Carroll

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:03:26 -0700

Andrew Carroll is the best-selling author of War Letters, Letters of A Nation, and Operation Homecoming. He is also a founder of The Legacy Project.

BBC's Timewatch: The Iron Coffin

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:12:50 -0800

Clips from BBC’s Timewatch: The Iron Coffin, highlighting Megan Smolenyak’s work identifying sailors' remains recovered from the USS Monitor.

Tracing Your Family Roots - How DNA is Used

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:02:59 -0800

Matthew E. Kaplan of the Human Origins Genotyping Laboratory at the University of Arizona, talked about different ways DNA is used. Producer: Sidney Sachs, http://tracingroots.nova.org

deCODEme - The Way It Works

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:01:01 -0800

Using DNA markers to detect health conditions you are at risk for.

Roots Television Help

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:15:19 -0800

New to Roots Television? Take a tour of the site and learn some tips for making the most of your experience.

DNA Testing with Chris Haley

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:14:03 -0700

Who knew DNA testing could be so fun? Chris Haley, nephew of "Roots" author Alex Haley, investigates his Haley roots and takes a DNA test with DNA Ancestry.

Compiled Records

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:41:00 -0800

Episode 203 from the popular PBS Ancestors series. Compiled records - comprised of information gathered, assembled, and with a bit of luck, indexed from other sources - are usually an enormous time saver in genealogical research.