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Camphor Glass Jewelry
Apr 13
You may have seen photos of some of your female ancestors wearing a piece of camphor glass jewelry or you might have inherited a piece, but did you know about this once very popular style of jewelry? Camphor glass is clear glass that has been treated with hydrofluoric acid vapors to give it a soft, lovely frosted, whitish appearance. This effect r...
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Help to Identify Family Photos
Apr 11
Everyone has a collection of vintage family photos with no name, date or location on them. Some of the people pictured may have lived decades before anyone living today was even born. However, to help with some identification here are a couple of ideas. Number one is to check with some of your older living relatives. That includes all branches of ...
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23andMe Tests New Ancestry Breakdown in Central and South Asia
Apr 11
23andMe is testing an extensive update to their Ancestry Composition feature that dramatically improved results for 23andMe customers with Central and South Asian ancestry. More specifically, this update will benefit those with ancestry from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, or Nepal. The new ancestry breakdown in Central and ...
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National Siblings’ Day
Apr 9
On Wed., April 10th, across the United States and even overseas, is recognized as 'Siblings' Day'. This special recognition started in 1998. Not just the present siblings you might have now, but also those who have passed away and do not forget to add the siblings of your parents (your aunts-uncles) and siblings of your grandparents. Each and every...
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Third Judge Blocks Citizenship Question on 2020 Census
Apr 9
A third judge has blocked the controversial citizenship question that the Trump administration wants to have included in the 2020 census. The question asks: “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” U.S. District Judge George Hazel for the United States Court for the District of Maryland found the decision to include that question on ...
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Less than Half-an-Hour Tasks
Apr 7
Only have a short period of time once or twice a week to work on your family tree? Well, here are a few ideas of quick tasks you may have overlooked. Doing a bit of Google Research on your ancestors could benefit you. In the search box do use quote marks for an ancestor's name or for a hometown with the state name. This helps narrow the search. Use...
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Changed the Calendar
Apr 5
You may have come across some unusual change of dates if you go back far enough. Such a change that you can be impacted as you do your research. This is the calendar change of 1752. The change can certainly cause some confusion even if it did help make corrections in dates and time. In September 1752, eleven whole days were cut from the calendar, ...
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MyHeritage Added Norwegian Census Records
Apr 4
MyHeritage announced the addition of three important census record collections from Norway, from 1891, 1900, and 1910, to MyHeritage SuperSearch. These record collections were added in collaboration with the National Archives of Norway, and include 6.8 million new records. With the release of these new collections, MyHeritage now offers approxim...
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DAR Genealogy Videos
Apr 3
Which other national organization just might be of great assistance and information to you as you research your family? How about the DAR – Daughters of the American Revolution? On the national website, they have a long series of authors discussing their historical work and this Genealogy 101 Series features presentations on a variety of genealog...
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The 1921 Census of England and Wales will be Digitized
Apr 2
Genealogists who enjoy looking at census data, that might contain valuable information about their ancestors, have another census to look forward to. The 1921 Census of England and Wales will be digitized. "In the most anticipated family history development since the online publication of the 1939 Register, Findmypast has been selected as Th...
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Scottish-American Heritage Month
Apr 1
During the month of April, it is recognized in the United States as 'Scottish-American Heritage Month'. Have you located any Scottish ancestors? If you do have Scottish ancestors, you can take pride in their many achievements over the years in the United States, and even those achievements made while in Scotland. Even if you do not have any Scott...
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Do Not Let This Happen
Mar 31
The family collection of vintage photos is very valuable and not replaceable. Yet, you may think you are caring for these treasure family photos when in truth you may be letting anyone of the following damaging events happened right now to those photos / slides / negatives. Review the list and make sure you do not let this happen. Keep away from e...
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The Theme or Twist of Your Family Story
Mar 29
Doing your family history is not just gathering names, dates and places. It is truly about the individuals over the decades who would be the basic core of who you are today. If a great grandfather had not moved from Scotland and resettled in Vermont, you would have been born in Scotland and lead a totally different life. Every individual, every fa...
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Using Flash Drives when Gathering Family Information
Mar 27
Those small compact flash drives are very handy. In many public libraries, they have had microfilm rolls of their hometown newspapers. Yet, using that microfilm on the conventional microfilm readers can be very hard. To search for a surname or keyword is even harder. Many libraries have been updating such equipment and the newer microfilm readers...
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23andMe Offers Genetic Report on Type 2 Diabetes
Mar 26
23andMe has a new Type 2 Diabetes report that offers customers insight into their likelihood of developing one of the most prevalent, pernicious, and preventable health conditions in the United States. 23andMe hopes that the Type 2 Diabetes report will help raise awareness about diabetes, as well as the potential to make healthy lifestyle changes ...
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