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How Your Ancestors Survived Hot Summers
Aug 3
The hot, humid, summer weather can be draining. Today, you probably have air conditioning in your home that helps your families stay cool when the weather outside is hot. Your ancestors weren't so lucky. Here are some ways your ancestors survived hot summers. Modern air conditioning was invented for the purpose of industrial quality control. ...
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Adding Color to Black-White Photos
Aug 3
What did your ancestors look like in color?? We are so familiar with color photos for recent decades and yet we love having any photos available of our ancestors from the 1950s and earlier, even if they are black and white or with a sepia tone. Imagine now seeing those same vintage B/W photos colorized. Start by clicking on this free and easy to...
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Midwest Genealogy Center Offers August Activities
Aug 2
The Mid-Continent Public Library is the largest library system in the metropolitan area in Missouri. They operate 35 libraries and serve over 770,000 people in Jackson, Clay, and Platte counties. Their mission is to enrich their citizens and communities through expanding access to innovation, information, ideas, and inspiration. Their activi...
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Database for Union Army Grave Sites
Aug 1
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War has an online site of burial locations of veterans of the Union Army from the American Civil War that covers across the nation and is searchable. It even has the listings for burial sites for Union veterans buried overseas. There are 96 civil war veterans buried in Australia, plus the other nations with forme...
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Family History Library Offers Weeklong Seminar
Aug 1
Genealogists have a unique opportunity to participate in a weeklong United States seminar at the Family History Library's research center. Those who are interested, and have some free time this month, should register for the seminar as soon as possible. Space is limited. The Family History Library is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. There are...
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Biographies and Postcards from Hometown States
Jul 31
The Genealogy Hound online site as a collection of biographies from ten different states. overall there are 27,000 online biographies of people from Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee between the 1870s to 1920s. If you have any ancestors from those states during those years you will want ...
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Marshfield Hills, MA Cemetery is Being Restored
Jul 30
The older the cemetery, the more likely it is that it will need repairs. There are times when those cemeteries are lost forever. Then, there are situations where it is possible for a cemetery to get the restoration and repairs that it requires. Marshfield Hills cemetery is being restored. Marshfield Hills cemetery is located in Marshfield, Plymo...
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Organizing Your Email Can Help Your Genealogy Research
Jul 29
Many people have one email address that they use for absolutely everything. It doesn't take long for that inbox to get filled with emails from a variety of sources. When this happens, it becomes difficult to find the emails that relate to genealogy and sort them out from the rest. Organizing your email can help your genealogy research. Get a New...
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Railroads and Depots
Jul 29
Railroad system has been a very important part of America's history since the 1840s and all of the 20th century. If you have discovered ancestors who were train engineers, station masters or some other type of train occupation, you will want to review this PWRR site. Online is a wonderful collection of the train stations throughout North Carolina...
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What Can You Learn from Grandma’s Pie App?
Jul 28
Based on the name alone, you might think that the Grandma's Pie app was focused on family recipes. Instead, the app provides you with pie charts that are based on data from your genealogy research. It gives you an easy way compare the percentage of your heritage from various countries. Grandma's Pie is an app that was developed by Brigham Youn...
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Passport Applications
Jul 27
Getting a digital or print copy of an ancestor's passport application can provide some great information. Of course, not all individuals got a passport during their lifetime, only if they were traveling from USA to a foreign country. So unless you know for sure a relative never traveled overseas, you do need to check if there was an application for...
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New Genetics Associations Found for Migraine Headaches
Jul 27
Migraine headaches can be extremely painful and debilitating. A study that was published in Nature Genetics found new genetic variants that are associated with migraine headaches. There is potential that this finding could be a first step toward developing new treatments for migraines. Migraines can cause severe throbbing pain or a pulsing sensa...
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Sons of the American Revolution
Jul 26
Most everyone has heard of the DAR - Daughters of the American Revolution started by Flora Adams Darling in 1890 in Washington, D. C. After the American Centennial celebration in 1876 there had been renewed interest in American history yet over the next 15 years all the history-minded clubs created were male oriented such as first organization of d...
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The History of Public Restrooms
Jul 26
Today, when we eat at a restaurant, or shop in a large store, we expect that there will be public restrooms available for us to use. Your ancestors, however, were not as lucky. The history of public restrooms is an interesting one! In ancient Rome, public bathrooms were for men, only. These bathrooms consisted of benches that lined the walls,...
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Ascent Private Capital Management Preserves Client’s Family History
Jul 25
Genealogists and family historians tend to take the “DIY” approach for learning more about their ancestors. Those that hit a “brick wall” might ask for help from genealogy websites or the local genealogy group. You probably wouldn't think to ask a financial firm for help, but some of them have started offering family history assistance to...
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