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The Mayflower: The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony

The more I dig into our West family history, the closer I come to linking us to the Mayflower, which is a little intimidating. In a recent post by Dick Eastman of Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter, he reviews the The … Continue reading


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About Genealogy: Creating a Family Cookbook Tips

Kimberly Powell of About Genealogy offers “Creating a Family Cookbook”, a good guide to creating a cookbook that represents the history of flavors and meals in your family to pass down to your descendants and share with other family members: … Continue reading


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Need Serious Genealogy Help? Hire a Professional Genealogist

The Association of Professional Genealogists is one of the leading groups of serious, trained genealogists who helps those searching their past with their research works. They are genealogists for hire. The Association of Professional Genealogists has over 1,600 members who … Continue reading


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Random Genealogy: Online Genealogy Collaboration

Random Genealogy’s article on “Online Genealogy Collaboration” reviews several collaborative genealogy programs to help family members work together online to create and maintain their family history websites and genealogy data. They review The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding v5, PhpGedView, … Continue reading


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GENDEX Database Project: Connecting Genealogy Family Trees Online

Random Genealogy pointed me to the TNG Network – GENDEX Database project: I was always interested in the GENDEX Database project. Imagine all of the genealogy/family tree websites having a central index of names that you could search against, and … Continue reading


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Roots Television: Genealogy on Internet Television

About Genealogy and The Genealogue announced the latest in Internet television (InternetTV): Roots Television. Kimberly Powell of About Genealogy describes it as: The latest addition to InternetTV, Roots Television is an online channel, with short video segments and frequently updated … Continue reading


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350 Years of Jewish Life in America

The US Library of Congress has a new online exhibition called “From Haven to Home – 350 years of Jewish Life in America”, put together from their physical exhibition that is now closed at the Library. The exhibition features more … Continue reading


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New Digital Online Magazine: Digital Genealogist

Digital Genealogist is a new digital online magazine expected to be released in November 2006. Welcome to the Digital Genealogist website! Digital Genealogist is a new periodical edited by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CG, CGL. The magazine will focus on the … Continue reading


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Descendants of King David to Meet in Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Post reported recently on an amazing meeting coming up soon. A meeting of the descendants of King David are getting together in Jerusalem in May of next year. They say they are descendants of King David. They have … Continue reading


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Migrating Across the Land: Tracing Your Family’s Path Begins with Why

In Citizen Times’ “FAMILY HISTORY: Land transaction records can help trace your lineage”, an article on tracing family history through land transaction records and other methods, I spotted something that made me really stop and consider how and why my … Continue reading


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