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Disaster Document Recovery

Clip: Season 2 Episode 4 | 1m 47s

Is it possible to recreate a family tree following the loss of documents?

After the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, it is still possible to recover and find other documents to fill in gaps. Genealogist Josh Taylor is in New Orleans at the Old US Mint to look through historical documents to put together clues behind a family's story.

01/13/2015 | Rating NR

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