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Planning Another Genealogy Trip – Wisconsin
I should be heading back home to my husband and cats, but instead, I’m leaving in a week for a drop-out-of-the-sky-decision to spend 10 days in Wisconsin researching my mother’s side of the family tree. This was just decided yesterday, … Continue reading
Family History Research Paper Trails
I’ve been on the road since March 2006 tracking down family roots and living relatives. I’ve driven from Alabama to Ohio, to Michigan, and across to Washington State. Then south to Oregon and back to Seattle. Along the way I’ve … 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
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
Understanding the Quaker Meeting Notes
The West side of my family were involved with the Quaker Society of Friends. Luckily for me, there are tons of preserved and transcribed meeting notes from all those meetings, with notes and records of my ancestors participation. Unfortunately for … Continue reading
US Surname Distribution: Where Was Your Family When?
Hammrick Software’s free online tool, U.S. Surname Distribution is an interesting way to examine the spread of your family names across the United States. Simply type in the last name and choose a census year from among 1850, 1880, and … Continue reading
Cyndi Howell – Ten Things You Should Do in Your Genealogy Research (But Aren’t)
Cyndi Howells’ Genealogy Research article, Ten Things You Should Do (That You Probably Aren’t Doing Already), is a must read if you are hitting some dead ends in your family history research. A few highlights include: Actively participate in an … Continue reading
Free US Census Forms from Ancestry.com
I’ve been digging into US Census records lately. Not only is it a challenge to figure out what the handwriting is telling you – is that an “r” or an “n”? – the darn things are just impossible to read. … Continue reading
