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How to Use the FamilyTree.com Pinterest Page
Feb 10
Many people think of Pinterest as a place to find photos of food, weddings, and craft projects. It is also a wonderful resource for genealogists and family historians! You can find a wealth of information on the FamilyTree.com Pinterest Page. What is Pinterest? It has been described as a virtual bulletin board. In order to use it, you need to ma...
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On Track with Family Research
Feb 9
It is so easy to get 'lost' in your family research. The more names you come up with the more you want to find and sometimes you can be so distracted you are off course. So here are a few tips to get you back on the right direction. 1. Go back over what you do have already. Sometimes you 'forgot' what you had and no sense researching that birth...
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Your ‘Old Kentucky Home’
Feb 7
The Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives has online a great e-Archives referred to as Electronic Records Archives. There is wide variety of government documents from Kentucky now in digital format that you can view. The categories include Kentucky agriculture, Governor's Office, local government, WPA, Secretary of State records for Kent...
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Great Ways to Share Family Heirlooms
Feb 6
Family heirlooms are very special items that evoke the memory of a specific relative. They are treasured not because of their monetary value, but because they provide a connection between a person and a family member who has passed away. It is not unheard of for people to fight over who gets to keep a particular heirloom. Instead of fighting, why ...
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You Are There – Roots Tech Conference
Feb 5
RootsTech is the largest genealogy conference/seminar/expo in North America. It begins on Thursday, February 6 in Salt Lake City, Utah and runs through February 8th. The fourth-year conference (its started in 2011) already has more than 10,000 people signed up to attend. There will be many instructional sessions to help the newbie to the experienc...
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Things to Know About RootsTech 2014
Feb 4
Will you be attending RootsTech 2014? It is the biggest family history and technology conference and one that many genealogists look forward to. It is an annual event, which means you can plan for next year's RootsTech if you miss this one. Here are some things to know about RootsTech 2014. RootsTech takes place February 6-8, 2014, in the Salt ...
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Go From Image to Text
Feb 3
Have a jpg or pdf image of an old genealogical record (Bible, journal, newspaper, court document, property records, etc) that is hard to read? Assuming the text is not handwritten (which is beyond the capability of computer software), it should be possible to convert the image to computer-readable text using what is known as Optical Character Reco...
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Look Beyond the Obit
Feb 1
A family history researcher may think all they need is the death date from an obituary, but there is so much more, especially with the style of detailed death notices that were done for decades in newspapers. An obituary not only can provide the ancestor's full names, a maiden name for the ladies, a surviving spouse and any previous spouse's name m...
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History Pin
Jan 31
Part of learning about your ancestors, their lives and their journeys is learning about the history and places they experienced. To know you relative better, you do have to know about the times they lived, what happened that may have directly affect them and what was the hometown like for them to live in. Now online is a web site title 'History...
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Paper & Pencil ??
Jan 29
Yes, someday - very soon, people may not be using a pen or pencil and paper to write down their ideas, research, information, stories, life history, etc. Instead it will all be using electronic devices. So what are the advantages of using the newest technology? First it can take up a whole lot less space that using sheets of paper. Also you woul...
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Google Drive
Jan 27
It is amazing what can be done with technology and electronics today. It has proven to be such a big boost for those researching about their families. Just the other day, a young fellow had a school project to do his family tree. Using several databases on the Internet as well as information done on a web site by one of his relatives, he was able ...
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Just Google It!
Jan 26
Google is a great tool for genealogists to use. Not everyone realizes this because Google isn't specifically a genealogy website. Even so, giving Google a try could lead to interesting and useful results. Here are just a few of the ways that using Google can help with your genealogy research. Google News Archive Search Looking for an obituar...
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Ancestors of World War I – 100 Years
Jan 25
You may well have had relatives who served in the 'Great War', the war to end all wars as they referred to it one hundred years ago. Little would those who lived then realize that it would become known as World War One, because in 1939 would come the second world-wide war. If you had relatives still in Europe they were involved first, since the ...
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WorldCat Adds FamilySearch Catalog
Jan 24
Have you tried using WorldCat yet? It is a resource for genealogists that has recently been mentioned on the blog of the National Genealogical Society (NGS). It is safe to say that anything the NGS is excited about is a great resource! WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog. Sign in, and you are able to to use the search engine to ...
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Scanned Documents. Jewish Federation of North America.
Jan 23
The Jewish Federation of North America have a database of searchable names, with over half a millions names in the index. They come a variety of sources and cover many time periods. There are the Jewish Refugees Arriving in Australia via Melbourne, 1946-1954, Refugees in Zbaszyn, Poland in 1938-1939, Transmigration Records, Palestine Remittance...
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