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Locate Some Old Photos
Sep 3
The heart of any collection of genealogy records are the vintage family photos, drawings, paintings or illustrations that can be gathered. Yes, you have checked with your grandparents, your aunts or cousins and thought that you had assembled all the photos or images available. Numerous times undiscovered images can be found in the most unlikely p...
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Finding Refugees Who Fled into Switzerland
Sep 1
During the Second World War in Western Europe, beginning in the late 1930s, many individuals and families fled from other European nations to find safety in neutral Switzerland. Some were natives of other countries, but many who came back to Switzerland were also Swiss citizens. The Swiss Archives have put together a database of some 25,604 indi...
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Unseen Views of Crime and Poverty in London – 1680-1820
Aug 30
It is amazing some of the documents that have survived over the centuries. England does have a long tradition of keeping records for all types of events, from the grand to the common and ordinary. Since many people have some English background in their ancestry, there is an extremely interesting online site that should be investigated, even if you ...
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Start with a Good General Search Site
Aug 22
If you are just beginning or have been doing family history research for awhile, it is always beneficial to check out some of the basic online genealogical sites. A good overall general site is Access Genealogy. It has been and remains a free resource online for genealogical data. The original backbone to the site over ten years ago was inform...
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Views of Pittsburgh, PA
Aug 20
In recent years there are new and exciting additions coming online for researchers. One that is especially fabulous are the collections of photographs of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 20th century. True, this will have a limited audience of researchers with ancestors from that city, but if you did have any relatives from that we...
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Marriages in Westmoreland County, PA
Aug 18
Being that Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 states and long has been established, many of our ancestors could have originally lived in Pennsylvania or in a neighboring state. The county of Westmoreland was founded on February 26, 1773 and was recognized as the first county in the colony of Pennsylvania which was located west of the Allegheny ...
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Newest Query Site – GenQueries
Aug 16
It is a bit exciting to be in the early stages of a new project, one that is just getting started. When you investigate the fairly recent online free database GenQueries for genealogy queries you will see the potential of another source of information and reaching other researchers. This service was developed by the well-known Eastman’s Online ...
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Details About St. Louis Neighborhoods
Aug 12
The major mid-west city of St. Louis, Missouri along the mighty Mississippi River has long been an important community in the development of America. It has served as the home to countless native citizens and new immigrants to the country over the decades. It has the nickname of ‘Mound City’ and ‘The Gateway to the West’. The famous ‘Ga...
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Database Resources for a Few Canadian Relatives
Aug 8
With the United States bordering Canada it is only natural that many U. S. ancestors may have lived in provinces of Canada over the centuries. Many ancestors also first came to North America from Europe or Asia to settle in Canada. So it is worth reviewing any databases with Canadian information. In the web site That’s My Family there are a ...
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Scenes of Old Richmond, Virginia
Aug 6
The fine city of Richmond, Virginia dates back to the early 1700s. A region known in those early years for coal mining and its fine agriculture had the city of Richmond developed by Colonel William Byrd II in 1737. He selected the city’s name of Richmond for the area of Richmond, England where the Thames River flows through it just as the James ...