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Mission Roadmap

Follow the trail from beginner to advanced. Published missions are unlocked — click to read on Substack.

🏕️ Genealogy 101 Basecamp
1

Identity Confirmed

Where every genealogy journey begins.

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2

Operation Tea & Tattle

Interviewing living relatives.

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3

The Biscuit Tin Dossier

Mining family documents for clues.

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4

Branch Mapper — Initiate

Build your first pedigree chart.

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5

File Before You Forget

Organizing your research.

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6

Count Me In — Census Records

Decoding federal and state census records.

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7

Born, Wed, Dead — Vital Records

Birth, marriage, and death records.

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8

Extra! Extra! — Newspapers

Historical newspapers as genealogy goldmines.

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9

The Neighbor Effect

Cluster research and community links.

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10

Blueprint — Capstone

Your Volume 1 capstone project.

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🗺️ Intermediate Territory
11

DNA Testing & Genetic Genealogy

Your genes as evidence.

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12

Immigration & Naturalization

The paper trail across the water.

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13

Military Records

Your ancestor's service file.

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14

Probate Records & Wills

What the dead left behind.

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15

Land Records

The dirt your ancestors stood on.

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16

Church & Religious Records

Before the government kept score.

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🏔️ Advanced Highlands — Coming Soon

Start at the Beginning

Mission 1 takes 15 minutes and will change how you think about your family history.

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