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Wall Street Journal: Writing Your Memoir
In an interesting article in the June 26, 2006 issue of The Wall Street Journal, Jeffrey Zaslow, son of Harry and Naomi Zaslow, writes about the tug of war with two parents who spent many years writing about their personal … Continue reading
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High School Students to Preserve School Memories Online
Yahoo News’ “Web generation preserves memories online” is a peek at the future of online memories. John Shin refuses to buy a copy of his high school yearbook. Instead, he’s turning to the Internet to preserve and share memories of … Continue reading
Ancestor Research: The History and Timeline of Food in the United States
Food Timeline – Traditional State Foods and Recipes is a fascinating web page on the history and timeline of regional and cultural foods, cookbooks, and recipes within the United States. Understanding a family’s culinary history is not much different from … Continue reading
Find Your Ancestor’s Post Offices
The Genealogy Blog reminded me that part of telling the story of our ancestors is describing how they stayed in touch with family members through the Post Office. In his stories of his childhood and family, Robert Knapp described the … Continue reading
Wisconsin History Timelines: Learning from the Past About My Ancestor’s Lives
I’m currently researching Wisconsin-based family members, trying to understand why they came to Wisconsin, what impacted their lives while living there, and what motivated them to move away, or stay, in Wisconsin. To help me understand my ancestors lives, lifestyles, … Continue reading
Tips and Advice on Researching Church Records
The Wisconsin Historical Society has an excellent article on researching church records as part of your genealogy research. The article offers excellent tips and search strategies to help you locate which church your family members were affiliated with, and then … Continue reading
Anderson Family in Town Lessor, Shawano County, Wisconsin
We started our Anderson family research in the Wisconsin county of Shawano. The county roads are alphabetized so we were delighted to find we were on County Road X as we left Outagamie County and entered Shawano County, searching for … Continue reading
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TMG Tips: Using the Timeline to Help Census Research
Researching the US Census records on my ancestors is a time consuming and often frustrating process. Not all the information is correct in the census, and not all of the information has been transcribed and is easily found in databases. … Continue reading
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All Census Records Offers Canada Census Comparison Chart
I’ve found many of my ancestors either migrated to the United States through Canada or lived in Canada for extended periods of time. Especially near the Michigan-Canada border where many farmers crossed back and forth. All Census Records offers the … Continue reading
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Family History Research: One Thing Leads to Another
My mother and I are in Shawano County, Wisconsin. I’ve been thoroughly corrected on its pronunciation. It’s “Shah-no”, without the “W”. We flew here a couple days ago to begin serious gap filling in our family history research after learning … Continue reading
