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Oklahoma Centennial Projects Announced
The Genealogy Blog announced two important Oklahoma Centennial Projects recently. The VanFossen family has a long history living in Oklahoma, so we may find some ancestors there. Those interesting in Oklahoma genealogy will want to know that a new every-name … 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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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
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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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
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
