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Follesdal’s How To Trace Your Norwegian Ancestry
John Follesdal has provided a great list of 12 articles he’s written on How to Trace Your Norwegian Ancestry, a great aid to anyone researching their family history back to Norway. The articles cover a wide range of information to … Continue reading
For Our Children’s Children: Journaling Family Memories
I tried forms. I tried interviews. Some family members are really cooperate, sharing what they know and have willingly. Others are definitely more challenging and not so open. After a bit of trial and error, I found a book that … Continue reading
GeneaSearch Online Genealogy Research Tools
GeneaSearch has a variety of online genealogy tools to help you with your family history research. Many of these search online databases of information submitted by visitors. Others search other databases for information on genealogy lookups, genealogy clip art, the … Continue reading
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Genealogy Research on the Google Directory
Have you explored Google Directory? It’s like Google the search engine but is categorized as a directory, helping you find information and resources by category, topic, and subject rather than keywords. It’s more like a Yellow Pages for websites. Based … Continue reading
Family Tree Maker Website Feature Can Be Difficult To Use
Dana Huff’s Family History Blog makes an interesting point about using the Family Tree Maker website feature to upload information from the Family Tree Legends software program to the Family History site, and making your own websites with Family Tree … Continue reading
Top 10 Least Useful Databases on Ancestry.com
The Genealogue has an interesting look at the “Top Ten Least Useful Ancestry.com Databases” from among the many databases of resources, lists, and statistics available from Ancestry.com. Personally, I can’t find much use for World War I Draft Registration Cards … Continue reading
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The Mysteries and Joys of the Family Cookbook
NPR Radio’s “Kitchen Window” series featured “Dog-Eared Cookbook Relays Mother-in-Law’s Love” recently, a wonderful radio essay about how the life of a mother continues after her death due to the heritage left behind in a cookbook. A few days after … Continue reading
Genealogy Research With Google Book Search
Google Book Search offers a way to help genealogists find online books and information to aid in their family history research. If you choose to search All books you will be given a list of all books within Google’s book … Continue reading
A Walk Through The History of Time
A Walk Through Time is an NIST Physics Laboratory site that examines the history of time and keeping track of time across history. As I go back farther and farther into my family’s history, especially with the connections made deep … Continue reading
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Wisconsin Family History Detectives Flock to Marinette County
The Marinette Times of Marinette County, Wisconsin, has an interesting article on “Quests for family roots draw history detectives to Marinette”, a county important to my own family’s history. It was five years ago in April that the new genealogy … Continue reading
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