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Genealogical Laments
There are certain laments common in genealogical research, burned courthouses, lost bible records, unmarked cemeteries, brick walls, multiple marriages, unsourced data, computer failures, etc.,...
Read moreWhat To Do While You are Waiting
What to Do While Waiting for the Mail to Arrive (a continuation of Start With What You Know) Family History – Tennie Bray – ...
Read moreHeritage Newspapers – Online and Digitized
Heritage Newspapers Problems with Optical Character Recognition – OCR and Digitized Online Newspapers Newspapers and Their Bounty Newspapers are chock full of information inherently...
Read moreStart With What You Know
Family History – Tennie Bray – Part One Start with what you know. Genealogy research is like any other, research from known to unknown...
Read moreWWII Ration Books at Christmas- Start With What You Know
Start with what you know. Research from known to unknown proving each link along the way. Interview living members of the family (over and...
Read moreIt’s All About Migration – Washington State Digital Archives
The Washington State Digital Archives has wonderful digitized images of vital records from the state including a nice selection of marriage records, returns and...
Read moreKay McDowell or Research, Linked Genealogies, Friends, and the Internet – Part Two
When I first moved from Ohio to Colorado, I knew the group of people I would miss the most, was not from work or...
Read moreResearch, Linked Genealogies, Friends, and the Internet – Part One
Last Thursday, 1 December 2011, there was an article in the Wall Street Journal about genealogy by Alina Dizek. Like too many of the...
Read moreHeirloom Gifts
My dear friend Kim suggested I offer special Holiday Heirloom Gifts, research on a favorite ancestor with a client supplied photograph and background facts,...
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