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New England Genealogy Societies Conference Begins August 30, 2006
The Federation of Genealogical Societies and New England Historic Genealogical Society Conference August 30 – September 2, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts The Federation of Genealogical Societies and New England Historic Genealogical Society Conference will be in Boston, Massachusetts, from August … Continue reading
The Lies Our Ancestors Told Us
In an interesting newspaper editorial, Sarri Gilman in the The Herald talked about the lies her grandparents told her: It is disappointing when beliefs we hold close to our hearts turn out to be not worthy of our aspirations. Sometimes … Continue reading
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Suggestions for Prompting the Memory for Storytelling and Memoirs
Personal Narrative Collection suggestions is a fabulous list of prompts for inspiring recollections of your past. This is an excellent tool for those writing their memoirs or autobiographies, to help children tell stories of their life, and for anyone writing … Continue reading
Researching the Bureau of Land Management Land Office Records
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has a site for researching US federal land records called the The Official Federal Land Records Site. On the Federal Land Records site, you can search for image access on more than 2 million … Continue reading
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S9’s Biographical Dictionary
S9’s Biographical Dictionary is an interesting way to research various biographies of a diverse collection. This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can … Continue reading
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Finding the Reward in Copying Other People’s Work Across Time
As mentioned recently, I’ve been working on transcribing the journal, written pages, and notes found in the many papers of the Knapp side of my family, and I’ve run into some problems finding credits for the work they have written, … Continue reading
The History of Aspen, Colorado
Aspen, Colorado, was one of the passes through which many travelers crossed the Rocky Mountains as they went from the east to the west and back again, via wagon trains, railroad trains, and even today in vehicles, buses, and airplanes. … Continue reading
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When The War Will End
I’m currently transcribing a family relic I can best describe as a journal of “collected writings” from 1916 to 1924 by Emma Beatrice Knapp and her children and their friends and other family members. It was a catchall for everyone … Continue reading
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Scrapbooking: Writing the Story Behind the Photographs
In the Scrapbooking section of LifeWriter’s Digest is “Save the Story Behind the Photos: Six Strategies”, a worthwhile read if you are into scrapbooking or photo albums, and especially if you are recording your family’s stories. Our family stories are … Continue reading
Finding Biographies: Multnomah County Library Biography Resources
The Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon, offers “Biographies”, an amazing resource of all types of biography references including specific biographical topics such as: African Americans Artists, musicians & performers Astronauts Athletes Authors Heroes Hispanics Inventors Mathematicians Native Americans Nobel … Continue reading
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