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  • Different Languages

    Dec 30

    Our ancestors have a rich and varied heritage, most coming from places across the globe in just the last hundred years. With the numerous cultures comes the various languages and even forms of a language, such as British English has phrases different that might be used in America. Having a method to go over and investigate some key phrases an...

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  • Improve Your Research – Take Lessons

    Dec 28

    Learning what is the best and most efficient method to research your ancestors is very important. There are always new ideas of how to look for information on your relatives. Using the Bingham Young University, they have offered many online free courses for anyone to use. If you are just beginning your family tree you will want to start with "In...

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  • Help in the British Isles

    Dec 22

    Many of us have ancestors who originated in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Being on this side of the 'pond' (Atlantic Ocean) can make it difficult at times locating resources in our quest of our British family tree. There is a good reference site online titled "Researching Historic Buildings in the British Isles". Now you may not...

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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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  • What Can You Find on the Internet?

    Nov 24

    A family history researcher never depends solely on what is available on the Internet, too many mistakes or non-sourced material out there. However, there are some things, even real gems or treasures you would be happy to locate and that is where the Internet can help. One big area is looking for any ancestral writings or family histories your r...

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  • Basic Ideas When Doing Family History

    Nov 14

    There are some key ideas and concepts anyone doing family history research should keep in mind. Each could save you time and frustration. 1. Never believe as the truth 100% of the family legends, tall tales or stories. There might be some truth, but most of the time the stories are just that, fiction stories, which got changed and made-up over t...

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  • Social Security Death Index

    Oct 18

    To help senior citizens with living expenses, Roosevelt's New Deal program of the Social Security Act became law in 1935. Some 30 million Americans registered by 1937, so that in the future when they were senior citizens money could be paid to them. The Social Security Administration kept records on all registered persons and those who received ben...

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  • Local Sources

    Aug 1

    An often overlooked resource when doing your family history was the locations / towns / cities / counties that an ancestor lived, especially an ancestral hometown if they family was in the same town for decades. It is amazing the different resources you can find in a local community that just might some details about your family. Start at the to...

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  • Alternative Family History Images

    Jul 6

    As you put together the family tree, a family newsletter, or even the entire family history in book form, the greatest challenge will be finding illustrations or photos of your family. Some individuals are very fortunate to have a massive collection of images handed down through the generations, others have little or nothing to view. Or you might h...

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  • Names of Early Occupations

    Jul 2

    Our ancestors had a few unusual jobs, most which were very manual laborers. Of course the name for some of those jobs are even stranger. The following are some of names or titles of positions, many of which no longer exist in most of the developed nations of the world today. For instance there was a Lardner' an official in charge of pig food. T...

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