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Eastman’s Online Genealogy- Historic Tucker Family Cemetery of Hampton, VA May Receive New Owners
- Carolyn L. Barkley, R.I.P.
- findmypast.com Will Offer Free Access to U.S. and International Military Records on Memorial Day
- Genetic Genealogy Plus for Adoptees
- Imperial War Museum and brightsolid to bring First World War Stories to Life Online
Tag Archives: family history
The Genealogical Paradox
In a BBC article, “Family trees: Tracing the world’s ancestor,” it talks about the process of building your family tree, and the problems associated with it. The surprise comes if we look at inheritance from both parents. Here, the numbers … Continue reading
Where Do You Draw the Family History Research Line?
In The Worst Question in Genealogy, genealogist Kerry Scott of Clue Wagon admits that the worse question ever asked is “What do you do?” For a family historian, the next question is “How far back have you gone?” I love … Continue reading
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Tagged dates, family history, family history research, genealogy, history, jobs, occupation, research, specialty, timeline, what do you do
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DNA Could Prove to Be the Best Storage Option for Our Family History
DNA is being investigated for long-term data storage. Did you catch the news? From the links listed below, I learned recently that scientists are investigating, and succeeding, in storing information on a string of synthetic DNA. They have succeeded in … Continue reading
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Tagged data storage, dna, family history, genealogy news, long term storage, preservation, record keeping, storage
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Save a Life: Build a Family Cancer and Disease Tree
Tracing our family history isn’t about connecting the dots in our family tree, it is also about connecting the medical history and genetic path cancer takes through a family. In “My Semicolon Life: Tracing my family’s cancer history” in USA … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, cancer research, cancer tree, disease, family cancer tree, family health tree, family history, family medical tree, genes, genetics, health, illness, inherit, medical, medical history, medical records, medical research, medical tree, research
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Dig Into Your Family History Now – Don’t Wait
In “Researching Family History: Find a missing part of your family history” in the Deseret News, Russell Bangerter described uncovering a family treasure that would rock the world. Stephon Tull did not know what he had until he was going … Continue reading
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Tagged attic, boxes, discovery, family history, history, national history, old records, research
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West and Knapp Families Featured in the Everett Herald, Snohomish County, Washington
This morning, an article in the Everett Herald in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, was published about this blog and my research into my family’s history in the Everett and Snohomish County area of Washington state. Titled “Blogger digs into her … Continue reading
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Tagged elwell, everett herald, family history, family history news, knapp, newspaper, newspaper article, press, snohomish, snohomish county, washington, west
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Defining Home
In the television episode of Who Do You Think You Are? with Steve Buscemi, he shares his feelings about his past, saying, “I’m from the country of Brooklyn.” He really thought of himself as from Brooklyn, New York, so digging … Continue reading
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Tagged family, family history, family history research, genealogy research, history, home, research
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