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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
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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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
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
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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Microsoft Windows Live Local Mapping System for Genealogy Sites
A tip from GenTips-L Archives on “Use Microsoft’s New Free Mapping System for Family History” led me to Expert Genealogy’s example of using Windows Local Live mapping system. Microsoft has a new free mapping system at http://local.live.com. This is a … Continue reading
Dealing With Unknowns in Your Genealogy Program
I have a lot of unknowns in my family tree. While The Master Genealogist genealogy computer program is amazingly powerful, it requires that you have set a mother or father of a person before you can use the ADD PERSON … Continue reading
Using News Alerts to Research Your Relatives
Google News Alerts and Yahoo News Alerts allow you to set up customized new alerts that are emailed to you which may help you research your ancestors and relatives. Google News Alerts are the easiest to use. Simply type in … Continue reading
Nasty Nagging Norwegian Names
If you have a Norwegian in your family tree, I’m sure that you’ve said worse things about hunting up Norwegian ancestors and dealing with all of the name games. Those Norwegian Names – Tips for the Online Researcher from Norway … Continue reading
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