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Gwinnett County Public Library Adds Genealogy Resources
Jun 30
The Gwinnett County Public Library has several locations in Gwinnett County, Georgia. They have added new genealogy resources for Gwinnett County residents who are searching for long-lost relatives. Gwinnett County Public Library added FindmyPast, Fold3, and Gale Genealogy Connect to their genealogy catalog. Their resources already include An...
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Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants Database
Jun 28
American Ancestors has created an exclusive database for genealogists who are descendants of Mayflower families. It is called the Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1800 database. People who are full members of AmericanAncestors.org can search the world's largest database of authenticated Mayflower passenger genealogies to...
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One Ancestor at a Time
Jun 27
Sometimes it may seem a bit overwhelming – so many family tree branches – so many ancestors. Once you have a basic start with yourself, then your parents and then grandparents, select one of them, say your grandmother and make a one to two page fact-filled, at-a-glance summary of your ancestor’s life. This can then be easily put together, mad...
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Soldiers-Sailors of the War of 1812
Jun 25
When doing our family history, we think of our ancestors may be in the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, World War One or Two or Vietnam War but not too often is the War of 1812 considered. This was a conflict running from June 1812 to February 1815 between the United States and the United Kingdom (England). About 2,200 to 3,700 A...
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FamilySearch to Allow Same-Sex Relationships on Family Trees
Jun 25
Your family might include people who are LGBT. Genealogists will quickly discover that family trees are not set up to accommodate same-sex couples or same-sex parents. FamilySearch has been working on changing their systems in order to include records and data on people in same-sex relationships and also to make it possible to include same-sex pare...
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Digital Library of Georgia
Jun 23
Several states have done a fabulous job making many of their collections (photos, letters, documents, etc.) in a digital format. One outstanding example is the Digital Library of Georgia. Gathering collections from libraries, museum, donations, etc their digital collections represent resources on Georgia history, culture, and life. However, there ...
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BackupMyTree and World Vital Records are Sunsetting
Jun 23
MyHeritage announced that they will be sunsetting both World Vital Records/ Family Link and BackupMyTree. MyHeritage acquired those services in 2011, and is retiring them on September 1, 2018. In general, it is not unusual for a company to sunset products or smaller companies that they acquired some time after acquiring them. It has happened wit...
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Occupations by Another Name
Jun 21
Some of the jobs and occupations our ancestors held during their lifetime no longer exist. Many however, still do exist but are now known by another name. So to help you figure out what your ancestor may have done as an occupation, especially when you find such a listing on a census record, a city directory, their death certificate or in a documen...
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The Pros and Cons of Mirror Trees
Jun 20
A mirror tree is a tool that some genealogists use in order to discover more relatives that are DNA matches. A genealogist starts with his or her own family tree and then makes a mirror image of the family tree of a cousin. Here is a quick look at some of the pros and cons of mirror trees. A mirror tree is a direct copy of a family tree. The mir...
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Use of Funeral Home Records
Jun 19
Contacting the funeral home in a hometown to see what records they hold about your ancestors can be a great resource. It might take some extra investigation if the funeral home the family used years ago has been sold and is under another name. However, most of the time, the previous funeral home did have the new operators store the older records. ...
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Living DNA Family Networks is Unique
Jun 18
Living DNA has created a unique feature called Family Networks. It is a DNA-driven family tree reconstruction and matching method that takes the guesswork out of DNA relationships. Family Networks was first previewed at RootsTech 2018. Living DNA is a collaboration of over 100 world-leading scientists, academic researchers and genetic experts fr...
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Interview a Town’s Natives
Jun 17
In Stuart, Florida, at the downtown Stuart Heritage Museum, every Wednesday morning is the gathering of the 'Old Timers Social'. Started several years ago, everyone is invited to attend and meet with other long-time residents and especially natives of Stuart. With the city incorporated only 104 years ago, there are many who grew up in Stuart and it...
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Organize Your Photos with MemoryWeb
Jun 16
It has been said that the best camera to use is the one you have at the moment. Today, that usually means the camera that is on your smartphone. Family historians and genealogists can quickly end up with tons of digital, unlabeled, family photos that need to be organized. MemoryWeb can help you with this task. MemoryWeb is an app that can be dow...
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Advantages of Contacting Historical Societies
Jun 15
If you have not investigated contacting a historical society in your ancestral town or county or state, you will need to see what is available. The purpose of a historical society is an organization dedicated to preserving, collecting, researching, and interpreting historical information or items. Originally, these societies were created as a way t...
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Historical Tie-ins to Your Ancestors
Jun 13
None of your ancestors may have been famous or renown but they may of knowledge of locally famous people in their community. It could be the town's mayor, a war hero, a decorated police officer or a local community singer. A good method to uncover such individuals is to locate newspapers for the family hometown or county. Many such newspapers that ...
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