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Getting Ready to Get Started or First, Scan the Passports
What to do first, prior to researching Getting Ready To Get Started Several suggestions when you are about to start a new genealogical project:...
Read moreQuestions You Didn’t Ask at Thanksgiving Dinner Last Year
When I was seven or eight, my grandmother gave me a fountain pen with a ring on the top to hang from a necklace....
Read moreBibliographic Checklist of African American Newspapers
While in the library for heat and power a couple weeks ago during a snow storm, I checked various databases and search engines for...
Read moreMarriage Records
Marriage Records Marriage records include applications, bonds, coupons, registers, licenses, returns, certifications and solemnizations. My friend asked what she should do since the local...
Read moreQuilts, A Non Traditional Source for the Big Three: Births, Marriages and Deaths
Births, Marriages and Deaths Last week, a friend shared wonderfully invigorating news, she is to be a grandmother next year. This in and of...
Read moreAnother Snowy Day – County Histories
W. A. Carver wrote McCurtain County and southeast Oklahoma: history, biography, statistics: a complete business and trade directory of the county, published in 1923...
Read moreSnow Day at the Library – Heritage Quest City Directories
Recently, we lost electricity and had a snow day, just like when we were little and school was cancelled. I went to the library...
Read moreDelving Deeper into Social Security Administration Records – FOIA – Form SS5
More genealogical data is available from the Social Security Administration through the social security death benefits index, specifically Form SS5. In addition to clues...
Read moreGenealogy Reference Books
Genealogy Reference Books Outdated with the advent of the Internet? What books do you still keep at hand with the awesome research power of...
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