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Tracing Historical Humans Through Their Teeth
A Yahoo News article from HealthDay Reporter E.J. Mundell discusses how a “tooth finding shakes the human family tree”. Vaporized gas from million-year old tooth enamel is stirring debate on how modern humans’ ancient kin won the evolutionary race. The … Continue reading
Why a Genealogical Society Should Blog
I love researching genealogical and historical information, and I’ve found that many genealogy societies and associations are fantastic resources to help me track down my family’s history, especially when it comes to regional information. What I HATE about many genealogical … Continue reading
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TMG Primary Tags Help Control Printed Reports
Entering data into The Master Genealogist (TMG) genealogy program is becoming easier for me. Getting data out is a little more complex. One of the issues that came up recently for me was understanding the issue of “Primary” tags and … Continue reading
Will You Soon Be Able to Trace Your DNA Ancestry Back to Neanderthals?
Discovery News announces the “Neanderthal Genome Being Mapped”, a bit of news that will certainly help turn the future of DNA research, as well as archeology, on its ear. A bone fragment that scientists had initially ignored has begun to … Continue reading
Medieval Cookery: Cooking and Recipes From the Medieval Times of Europe
I recently wrote about exploring ethnic grocery stores to uncover your ancestor’s food preferences and habits, so why not also explore even further back than your great-grandmother’s favorite ethnic holiday meal and go back to the times circa 900-1500, known … Continue reading
Research Your Family History Through Business Card Collections
I’m learning so much about the various ways people can research their family’s history and was stunned to find out that there is a Historical Business Card Collection that can be researched by name to find out which businesses your … Continue reading
Regional History Project of the Central Coast of California and Santa Cruz
The The Regional History Project of the Central Coast of California is a project by the University of California at Santa Cruz and includes a vast list of online oral histories about the area. If you have family or ancestors … Continue reading
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Mining the Wealth of Online Genealogy Data
In an article by Lan N. Nguyen of the Wall Street Journal, republished in the Post-Gazette Business News and Technology, the article “Going Online to Mine Wealth of Genealogy Data” reviews some Internet sites that offer to help you research … Continue reading
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Biography of Wilbur West (1827-c1900), Son of Benjamin West and Polly Disbrow
The Michigan County Histories has a terrible unedited version of Portrait and biographical album of Lenawee County, Michigan available online, which features biographical biographical sketches and portraits of prominent and representative citizens of the county. Produced by the Chapman Brothers, … Continue reading
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Tips on How to Use Digitized Books for Genealogy Research
24/7 Family History Circle blog has an interesting article called “Using Ancestry.com: Tips on Using Digitized Books–With a Focus on Local History”, a great look at how to use scanned books you find on Ancestry.com. How To Find the Book … Continue reading
