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Ancestors was a public television mini-series on family history
Family history
Family history is the systematic narrative and research of past events relating to a specific family, or specific families.- Introduction :...

, (or genealogy
Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...

). It was produced by KBYU-TV
KBYU-TV
KBYU-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service member public television station serving the U.S. state of Utah. The station broadcasts locally in digital-only on UHF channel 44, which redirects to its former analog channel 11 via PSIP. It is rebroadcast statewide through a network of translators...

 in conjunction with the Family History Library
Family History Library
The Family History Library is a genealogical research facility in downtown Salt Lake City. The library is open to the public free of charge and is operated by FamilySearch, the genealogical arm of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .-History:The origins of the Family History...

 and PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....

. It is has also been available on DVD.

Series one

  1. "Getting Started"
  2. "Looking at Home"
  3. "Gathering Family Stories"
  4. "The Paper Trail"
  5. "Libraries and Archives"
  6. "Census and Military Records"
  7. "African American Research"
  8. "Your Medical Heritage"
  9. "High-Tech Help"
  10. "Leaving a Legacy"

Series two

  1. "Records at Risk"
  2. "Family Records"
  3. "Compiled Records"
  4. "Genealogy and Technology"
  5. "Vital Records"
  6. "Religious Records"
  7. "Cemetery Records"
  8. "Census Records"
  9. "Military Records"
  10. "Newspapers"
  11. "Probate Records"
  12. "Immigration Records"
  13. "Writing a Family History"
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