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Changes to Ancestry’s DNA Shared Matches
July 24, 2020 By now I’m sure everyone has heard about the upcoming changes to the way Ancestry lists DNA shared matches. Ancestry released a white paper discussing the changes to their system, and …
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Finding Mary in 1870
July 17, 2020 As I’ve written before, whether you started your genealogy last week or forty years ago, your go-to record for American research is the U.S. Federal census. It has been taken every ten…
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My Heritage Photo Enhancement Feature
July 10, 2020 The other day we had a rainy morning, so I took the opportunity of an indoor day to explore the latest My Heritage feature, which they call a Photo Enhancer. A few months ago I wrote abo…
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State Historic Newspaper Projects
July 3, 2020 Do you have ancestors in Colorado, Utah or Wyoming? If you do, you’re lucky because all three of those states have great newspaper projects. I’ve written about what wonderful genealog…
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Is it my Story to Tell?
June 26, 2020 In the course of doing research, most genealogists eventually run across sensitive information. Many times it concerns secrets that our ancestors went to their graves hiding because of t…
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Aged Veterans and Younger Wives
June 19, 2020 Last week I wrote about veterans from America’s earlier wars who still had surviving children decades after the wars ended. Irene Triplett, whose story I mentioned in my last blog, was…
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History Alive
June 12, 2020 You may have seen an article by Ian Shapiro in The Washington Post online last week describing the death of the last Civil War Pensioner, Irene Triplett. Irene’s death, at age 90, ma…
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A Little Biology for Genealogists
June 5, 2020 Sometimes when I look at other peoples’ genealogy, I have to wonder where they were when their class discussed basic biology. Clearly, they weren’t paying much attention, so here are …
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Using Online Family Trees with Care
May 29, 2020 With so many websites hosting online family trees, they have become one of the first places I look when I’m beginning a new genealogical project. Ancestry, My Heritage, FamilySearch and…
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Another Casualty of the Pandemic
May 22, 2020 While I know I’m lucky to be weathering the pandemic safely so far with only the minor inconveniences of having to stay home nearly all the time or wearing a face mask when I have to go…
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Looking for Obits
May 15, 2020 Obituaries tend to be one of the first sources genealogists seek when beginning their research. It’s not surprising that we are drawn to obits; for many folks they are the only biograph…
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