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Tennessee4Me
Jun 7
If you have ancestors from Tennessee and especially if they were in the state during the American Civil War, you are in luck. The online site 'Tennessee4Me' has a great deal of information and some photos related to those during the 1860s in Tennessee. There is a search box in the upper right corner that can help you get started with a town's na...
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United States Newspapers
Jun 3
The United States Listing of free or fee based available online newspapers are listed by states. Select one of the states your ancestors may have lived in at any time frame and see what is available. You will see cities and / or county names, so know both. The dates of newspaper coverage for that location is to the right. Keep in mind many counti...
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Get Help Solving Your Photo Mysteries
Jun 3
One portion of your genealogy research involves photos. What that research looks like depends on your situation. Maybe you are sorting through a big box of old family photos and struggling to identify who is in them. Or, perhaps you lost your camera and are hoping there is some way to retrieve the family vacation photos that are on it. Fortunat...
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Online at the National Archives
May 21
The National Archives collections in Washington, D. C. is an excellent resource for any family history researcher to check. If you did a couple years ago, do the search again as new things are added or you know additional names on the family tree. To get an idea of the numerous topics to select from, this site page has the listing of to...
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Your Family History Could be Erased from the Internet
May 19
Family historians spend a great deal of time and energy tracking down and recording the family stories that were handed down from one generation to the next. They seek out to discover who is in the old photos (and how that person relates to others). It would be absolutely devastating to find out that, out of the blue, all of your family history had...
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U. S. Passports
May 17
If your ancestors ever had a passport from the United States you will want to see if the passport application is available through the free FamilySearch.org site. The available passports information / images on the site from the United States is over 3 million. The years covered are 1795-1925, many decades worth. Early passport forms in 1790s...
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How Old Might They Be??
May 13
You have that collection of vintage photos of your ancestors -- only question on many was when was that photo taken. Sometimes using the clothing style, other relatives in the photo with known age at a certain time period, or a house in the background, you might be able to figure an date (the person's age). Now available is an interesting and fun ...
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Digital Public Library of America
May 11
This online site, Digital Public Library of America, has a massive collection of many photos, letters, documents, maps, records, etc from across the United States - all in digital format. Using the broad search page you see many topics / subjects in which to search. You can also use the search box in the upper right side to look for a spec...
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DeadFred
Apr 25
Being on the outlook for other sources of family photos is an important aspect of your research. One interesting outside of family source is an online site named 'DeadFred', a genealogy photo archive. It is an unusual name but just might have a family image you were not aware of. This site has over 18,700 surnames with photos plus some 117,000 docu...
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Saving Photos, One Story at a Time
Apr 23
Your family photos are precious. Each one captures a moment in time that you can look back on, and remember, every time you see the photo. Have you ever wanted an easy way to share the story that connects to some of your family photos? There's an Instagram account that will help you do it! Family historians gather up photos of relatives and ance...