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Are Your Ancestors from Bukovina?
I don’t think I have any ancestors from Bukovina, but the The Bukovina Society of the Americas caught my attention. Where, and what, is Bukovina? From 1775 to 1918, the easternmost crown land of the Austrian Empire; now divided between … Continue reading
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It’s Never Too Early or Late to Build Your Family Tree
It doesn’t matter how old you are, it is never too early or too late to start researching your family tree. As a precious example, Krystle, a 20ish year old student, made a chart of her family tree and posted … Continue reading
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National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution Publishing Bible and Family Records
Genealogy Today reports the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution are publishing a book of bible and family records collected over the past several years. In addition to Bible records, we have added several pages of family records, … Continue reading
Shame: Comment Spam Spotted from World Vital Records
I’ve written a lot lately about the new activity and information found on World Vital Records, but you won’t be hearing much from me about them for a long time. In fact, until they make a public apology. It appears … Continue reading
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Tagged family history news, family history research, genealogy, genealogy news, genealogy research
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Tips for Attending or Presenting a Genealogy Clinic
In an interesting article on The Genealogy Clinic, Genealogy Education blog offers an explanation of a Genealogy Clinic: A clinic is one way to follow up a lecture by providing individual consultations on individual research problems. Let’s say that I … Continue reading
Give the Gift of DNA Testing For the Holidays
Thinking of giving the gift of DNA testing to family members this year? Giving them the joy of researching their ancestors through their blood lines? Genetics and Health offers a list of the prices for DNA testing on the CNA … Continue reading
Google Book Search Updated
I recently wrote about Google Book Search, and recently they announced that they’ve improved the process of browsing their book collection. Here are some highlights of the improvements. * Zoom in on text and images. Here’s a cool full-page sketch … Continue reading
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Finding Geographical Place Names in Canada
Eastman’s Genealogy Newsletter has helped me again with “Placed in Canada”, helping all of us researching online maps of towns and communities in Canada find them. Have you looked for online maps of towns or other named places in Canada? … Continue reading
Who Do You Think You Really Are? Is It What You Think?
“So You Think You’re English” (print version), by the Telegraph in Britain, is a fascinating look at the issue of DNA research and genealogy, especially where it helps squish racism as well as how DNA research is beginning to break … Continue reading
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Richmond Civil War Newspaper Now Online for Research
Eastman Genealogy Newsletter announces that the “Richmond Civil War Newspaper Now Online”, and can be found at the Richmond Civil War Newspaper. This will hopefully be a great resource for facts and insights into the American Civil War, especially for … Continue reading
