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Wisconsin Historical Society – Wisconsin Genealogy Resources Research
The Wisconsin Historical Society’s Genealogy Resources are wonderful for those exploring their family roots in Wisconsin. Their site offers the following resources on Wisconsin to help you track down family members and research the area and its history. Wisconsin Name … Continue reading
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24-7 Family History Circle – Weekly Planner Tips for Family Research
Ancestry.com’s 24-7 Family History Circle offers a category called “Weekly Planner”. Once a week a tip is published with an assignment for that week to help you with your genealogy and family history research. Recent Weekly Planner tips include: Weekly … Continue reading
Exploring the Past: Christopher Columbus Dug Up
I don’t know when it first started, but I’ve been intrigued by Christopher Columbus since I was a child. When I first visited Spain, I was thrilled to be in the land from which Christopher Columbus set sail from on … Continue reading
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Finding Surnames from Many Resources
Surname Helper is an interesting family history research tool that searches over a dozen resources for a specific surname. Resources include the following, which can be set to search all of a category of one of these specific categories: USGenWeb/WorldGenWeb … Continue reading
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Delaware County, Pennsylvania’s Records are Now Accessible via the Delaware County Archives
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Ancestry.com Offers World War II Draft Cards Search
A tip from 24-7 Family History Circle tells of Ancestry.com releasing World War II Draft Cards soon: This database is an indexed collection of draft cards from the Fourth Registration, the only registration currently available to the public. The Fourth … Continue reading
Researching War Heroes and Veterans in Your Family History
In honor of Memorial Day, here are some resources for finding more on the war heroes and veterans in your family tree. US National Park Service – Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System The National Archives – Archival Databases for … Continue reading
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Every Ending is Just a Beginning: It’s All in the Details
It happens all the time in genealogy research. You are following a course of research, nose close to the ground, sniffing and tracking down this path and that, and wham! Your nose slams up against a dead end sign. There’s … Continue reading
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Options When Your Genealogy Research Comes to a Dead End
Twenty Ways to Avoid Genealogical Grief offers an interesting list of 20 tips for overcoming your genealogy dead ends. Examples include: Always note the source of information that you record or photocopy, and date it too. If the material is … Continue reading
John and Sarah (Smith) Elwell Among the First Marriage Licenses in Snohomish County, Washington
Digging through historical records for information on the Elwell, Knapp, and other families in Snohomish County, Washington, I ran across a fascinating article uncovered by noted Snohomish County historian and genealogist, Karyn Zielasko-Westre, from the Everett Daily Herald dated January … Continue reading
