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Is it Censorship if You Just Don’t Buy the Book?
Censorship or Not Is it parental censorship if you don’t buy the book? Maybe, but I doubt it. Last year on 4 June 2011,...
Read moreSpierling – Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Research
Large City Research Sometimes researching in a large city is problematic, too many people with similar names, hard to differentiate. Various immigrants with strong...
Read moreThree Bags of Books
A Good Friend Knows I recently broke three bones including one in my wrist and was so aggravated by the idiocy of the whole...
Read moreDeath Certificates – Sources Created under Stress and Grief
Last month to the shock of his family and friends, my brother-in-law, Paul Shea Zak passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack. He was...
Read moreWas William Phillip Breitenstein Really Skipped in Both the 1880 and 1910 Census?
William Breitenstein of Louisville, Kentucky Genealogical research into the federal census of Jefferson Co., Kentucky brings up a couple of questions. William Phillip Breitenstein...
Read moreReading, Libraries and Female Protagonists or Self Censorship
Reading through the Ages When I describe myself as a reader, it should probably be “I am a READER.” I read a lot, every...
Read moreWhile You are Waiting For Proof to Arrive in the Mail
Waiting For the Mail The Internet is so immediate, a multitude of names and dates at your fingertips on various lines in different centuries....
Read moreReaders, Books and LibraryThing.com
Books, Books, Books I am a reader, a researcher and a writer, pretty much in that order. I read a lot, two or three...
Read moreEvaluate the Source: Are Ages in the Census Ever Correct?
Age Variances in the Federal Census One common genealogical lament is that the range of age variations among census years make it hard to...
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