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Unmarked Grave for a Veteran
Dec 16
As you have worked your family history research, one area that most everyone has some information is concerning those ancestors (direct lineage or extended family) who served in any of the military branches of the United States. You may have gotten copies of their service records, have photos of them in their uniform, even possibility a diary or jo...
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Organizing Vintage Photos
Dec 14
Yes, you might have boxes of old photos, ones handed down through several generations. However, unless they are organization and especially labeled, they are not very useful to the family historian. It will take commitment to achieve such a task of organizing the collection of photos, but once it is finished - you will be so happy. That was one ...
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Tips to for Preserving your Family Stories.
Dec 13
Ready to start preserving the family stories that have been handed down for generations? This is an important task that can seem incredibly overwhelming. You probably have tons of stories that you want to make a record of, and realize that other family members will have more of them. Here are some tips that will make it easier for you to get start...
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StoryCorps can help you Record your Precious Family Memories.
Dec 12
Family stories, that have been handed down for generations, are precious. So are your relative's memories about his or her past. Genealogists often desperately want to record those stories, but don't happen to have the skills to do it well. That's where StoryCorps comes in. They are an independent non-profit organization. Their mission is to hel...
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Occupations & City Directories in Abbreviated Form
Dec 12
This has happened to everyone doing family research. You find on a census record or a journal, military record, anything -- there is a few letters put together that stand for 'something' but what?? If you have a clue as to it being a place or name, you can try to figure it out. However, what it might be is an occupation. For example seeing 'delc...
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Save Those Emails to PDF
Dec 10
It can come in very handy to have a method that is super easy to save your emails. An Internet server goes down it is great if the email message you wanted to save were on your computer hard drive and then backed-up on an another drive or disc. The company 'PDFConvert' can do that - free. PDF means 'portable digital file.' When you have an emai...
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New Jersey Databases
Dec 8
A vast assortment of databases are available online for anyone doing research in New Jersey. It was done by the State of New Jersey Archives and is quite complete. Some of the categories include: Indexes of marriage from 1666-1799 and May 1848 through May 31, 1878 in New Jersey with about 320,000 records; Death and burial records cover from Jun...
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Family History Sayings
Dec 7
A reminder, people have been interested in their family history for hundreds of years. Early on the purpose was for land and property rights; who was the rightful heir to an inheritance, or who was to become royalty. These reasons can still be important now, however more people have joined in the search for those ancestors of long ago to better un...
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Researching Arkansas and Michigan
Dec 6
Arkansas If you have had any relatives from the state of Arkansas there may be relatives buried in the cemeteries there. Even if they did not live there, so a variety of reasons a person may have been buried there. So it is worthwhile to check different locations in search of your ancestors. Using the database of Arkansas Gravestones, there are...
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Database ‘Treasure Chest’
Dec 6
With the use of the Internet along with the interest in genealogy and many records made digital, the use of online databases is necessary. At FamilyTree.com in the 'Reviews' section is a run down of 14 of great databases to select from, some with a fee and others free. All are general and can be of help with most any researcher. To add to that ...
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Fold3 has Created a Military Honor Wall
Dec 5
You can make an online, collaborative, memorial for your relatives who served in the United States military on the Military Honor Wall that was created by Fold3. Fold3 is a genealogy resource that provides access to US military records. It also includes stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. The name comes from ...
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Veteran Administration Pension Payment Cards
Dec 4
Online and free to view and save information is the Veteran Administration Pension Payment Cards which cover 1907 to 1933 for those who serviced in the regular U. S. military. This doesn't mean an ancestor served during those years but rather they applied and either was refused or did receive a pension for his military service. So a person might ha...
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You can download Dwellr, the new app from the U.S. Census Bureau, for free.
Dec 3
The United States Census Bureau has created a brand new mobile app called dwellr. The main purpose of the app is to increase and improve people's access to the statistics that the U.S. Census Bureau keeps. The use of a mobile app enables you to locate that information no matter when you need it or where you are at. This effort is their way of foll...
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Online Books
Dec 2
Libraries are an excellent source especially for books on a hometown, historical events or even biographies on individuals. Many such books were written during the time period or just after a specific ancestor lived in that town. Yet getting to the hometown library could be difficult. Using Online Books, this site has thousands of books scanned ...
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Yearbooks
Nov 30
What a resource a high school, college, university or post-graduate yearbook can be for the family researcher. True, most people don't like their yearbook portraits, but for the family historian those photos and the information about the person can be priceless. You first need to check with all relatives, long-time family friends to see if they ...
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