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Understanding Differences
The Difference in Baptism and Christening One of the major primary sources in genealogical research is locating a baptism record. These were issued at the time of a b...
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Searching Common Surnames
One of the most frustrating research projects is looking for an ancestor who has a very common surname. To see what a researcher is up against, in the United States alon...
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Know the Epidemics That Might Have Affected Your Ancestors
Epidemics have always had a great influence our ancestors, making it sometimes very difficult to trace what happened to the relatives. There are instances when individua...
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Research Newspapers For Your Ancestors
Ancestors have a long trail of documents from birth to death which can greatly assist the researcher. Most come from government agencies; either federal, state, county o...
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Family History Research With Google Part One
Google as a search engine on the Internet has become an invaluable tool for family history researchers. This powerful search engine produces accurate and relevant search...
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Family History Research With Google Part Two
Another idea is to use the word ’allintitle’ (all in title) then a colon and the phrase such as Bridge genealogy. The example is: allintitle: Bridge genealogy. Goo...
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Roots Television
A special genealogical program, which is privately owned, called Roots Television began in late 2006 with the slogan ‘Where History Meets Heritage.’ With genealog...
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Allen County Public Library Use
There are numerous impressive public libraries across the United States in European, most with a fabulous genealogy department. The most outstanding such library is the ...
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Social Security Death Index and S. S. Records
Social Security Records and the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) are great resources for investigating about your more recent ancestors. It was August 1935, when the ...
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The U. S. Military Pension File
If an ancestor served, even for a short time, there maybe a military record kept by the Federal government. Unfortunately, a massive fire swept through on July 12, 1973 ...
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The Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) became law on July 4, 1967. However, it only applies to Federal agencies, not state, county or city governments for providing data...
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Saving A Piece of History for Future Generations
A family historian is always on the lookout for any photo, document, vital record, letter, or receipt that helps piece together the threads of life about an ancestor. Be...
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Civil War Records & Information
The American Civil War, also referred to as the War Between the States, is the most researched, written about and material collected compared to any other historic event....
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Copyright Laws Genealogical Data
As a researcher starts to gather a good deal information and branches to their family tree, they may wonder does all the work remain solely theirs and that no one else ca...
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Untapped Project Gutenberg and Google Books
Back in 1971, Michael Hart, developed the idea of the today’s popular e-book (electronic books) being assessable on the Internet. He then elaborated the concept into P...
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Using City Directories
City directories date back to around 1700 in the United States region. They can provide the names of it citizens, their home and business addresses, spouse's name plus o...
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Deception and Swindles in Genealogy
There can be genealogical web sites on the Internet which make fraudulent claims. Certain things should be checked before signing up for any program. One good item is i...
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Importance of Collateral Lines
Everyone has collateral lines in the family tree. Those are the relatives who are not part of direct lineage, but of the same ancestral line. Such ancestors would be th...
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Famous Ancestors
Anyone who has started genealogical research has hoped to come across a famous ancestor. Maybe Daniel Boone was a third great granduncle or Martha Washington was a dista...
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1890 Census
Working with the U. S. Federal censuses from 1790 to 1930 are wonderful sources for learning about one’s ancestors. You are fortunate if you can locate and follow an a...
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Tracing Woodend Family Roots England to Zimbabwe
What struck me was the intensity of the request by a woman on the comment section for information on her great grandfather written out on the April 28th FamilyTree.com Ge...
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Who Do You Think You Are? The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History
In the summer of 2009 Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (yes that is her full name) was approached by the production team for the new television show on NBC, “Who Do You Think ...
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