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When is the Best Time to Preserve Family History? Now.
When is the best time to preserve your family’s history? Now. A lovely example of why to protect your family’s history is found in the article, “Too much easily collectible family history is lost” from Payson Roundup: We had a … Continue reading
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Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History
According to initial reviews, the newly updated book by Mark Herber, “Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History”, is bigger and better with the new and expanded edition. And it is also available in paperback. “Ancestral … Continue reading
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Family Bibles Online
Family Bibles is a collection of family bibles posted by individuals from all over the United States and the world, offered by Ancestors at Rest. Some recent family bibles include: Albright – Cobb Family Bible, Ohio Tarlton, Batson Family in … Continue reading
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Online Book: History of Door County, Wisconsin – The County Beautiful
Ancestry.com has released the book “History of Door County, Wisconsin – the county beautiful” by Hjalmar Rued Holand for their registered members. Published in 1917, the book includes biographies of local popular and influential citizens, the history of Door County, … Continue reading
Building a Genealogy Blog
I’ve started a series of articles on building a genealogy and family history blog on one of my other blogs, Lorelle on WordPress. In this series, I discuss how a genealogy blog differs from a normal blog and how to … Continue reading
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Genealogy Today’s Review of Online US Census Research Tools
Genealogy Today has a review of several online US Federal Census resources including Census Online, Census Finder, Ancestry.com, and Genealogy.com. There are two types of online census sites, free and paid. First, let’s look at a couple of free sites: … Continue reading
Genealogy Today’s Tips on Finding and Using Church Records
Genealogy Today has an interesting article on “Finding and Using Church Records” that had a few surprises in it for me. During the 1930s, the Works Projects Administration (WPA) planned an inventory of all U.S. church records. Because too many … Continue reading
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RootsWeb Mailing Lists Updated
An announcement has come out from RootsWeb to all mailing list subscribers announcing improvements to their list management system. RootsWeb.com mailing lists will be moving to a new list management system. Why? The new list management system offers updated technology, … Continue reading
Hottest Travel Destination: Your Family Roots
ICWales.co.uk, the national website for Wales, has an interesting article, “Ancestry site set to trigger visitor boom”, that speaks of the hottest fad in travel: genealogy. The hobby and passion of researching family history is growing around the world, including … Continue reading
GeneaBlogie: Sharing the Learning Experience of Tracking an Ancestor
I’m still learning a lot about how to best research ancestors and family members and I was very intrigued by this detailed story of researching a mystery family member by Craig Manson of GeneaBlogie. Our task is to track a … Continue reading
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