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How to Trace Your Ancestry Using Your Phone’s Free Tools

Everyday tools and free apps on your mobile device can help you collect, translate and digitize new material for your family-tree files.

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Although simply taking a picture of a picture might do a decent job of digitizing an image, Google’s PhotoScan app directs you to capture the picture in multiple shots before it combines everything together to remove glare and enhance the finished file. This can be especially useful for old tintypes like this one or faded photo prints.
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