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Steps Along the Genealogy Path
Oct 18
When first beginning your genealogy search you may feel a bit overwhelmed by the vastness of documenting so many relatives. Look at it as a journey, one step at a time along a path and you will eventually reach your goals. The first thing needed is to create a basic pedigree chart, listing your parents, grandparents, great parents as best you ca...
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Best Subscription or Fee Genealogical Websites
Oct 18
There is a vast assortment of websites created over the last 15 years to aid the genealogical researcher. The following is an essential list of fee-based web sites that should become familiar to every researcher. The major advantage for using a subscription database is the time it saves rather than writing to repositories, churches, libr...
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A Beginner’s Genealogy Questions
Oct 18
With so Many People having already done research, wouldn’t there already be a book written on my Family History? There are thousands of published and unpublished family histories in various localities. Regional and local genealogy societies get donations of family histories. Public libraries and the Library of Congress also have a collection o...
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Discovering Those Elusive Relatives
Oct 18
Many hours are expended gathering the names, dates and locations for your family pedigree chart, along with verifying the information. However, there are always a few blanks, those relatives for whom all you know is the name; “Grandpa Frank.” Or worse, you have no name of any form, just a total blank in your lineage. There are also the situatio...
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An Ancestor’s Given Name
Oct 18
The use of one, two or even three and four given names added to the family surname for a newborn baby is a fairly recent family tradition. The naming of a baby is not taken lightly, but rather is a matter of tradition, heritage, and respect to another person, relative, virtue, religion or institution. Centuries ago when a person might be named b...
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Learn to Validate Your Online Research
Oct 18
On the Internet are thousands of online family lineage databases. Some databases are from free sources like Rootsweb World Connect, others from paid genealogical subscriptions plus numerous ones set up by individuals as personal web sites. >As you view these sites you might come across one with a complete listing of your ancestors, along with date...
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Utilizing Family History Library and its Centers
Oct 18
Since 1894, the number one guardian of family records has been the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), along with the Genealogical Society of Utah. Over the years the organization has assisted people across the world connect with their ancestors. They have improved the methods of gathering, collecting and then preserving countless...