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Memorial Day
May 25, 2019 Memorial Day has always been one of my favorite holidays. I suppose it’s the genealogist in me that appreciates a holiday that celebrates ancestors, but even when I was a child, I loved…
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The Marvels of Modern Transportation
May 17, 2019 Today (May 10) marks the 150th anniversary of the first transcontinental railroad line in the United States, and I’ve been thinking about how that event impacted the lives of our ancest…
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Want to Learn? Teach!
May 3, 2019 This week I’ve been spending some time preparing for an upcoming genealogy presentation in Estes Park. As I’ve been tweaking PowerPoint slides and verifying that the facts and figure…
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Reviewing Old Files
May 10, 2019 Recently, I rediscovered a cache of digitized records that my sister and I accumulated on a genealogy trip to Minnesota several years ago. The purpose of the trip was to find out more abo…
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Want to Learn? Teach!
May 3, 2019 This week I’ve been spending some time preparing for an upcoming genealogy presentation in Estes Park. As I’ve been tweaking PowerPoint slides and verifying that the facts and figure…
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A Visit to a Cemetery
April 26, 2019 Years ago one of my sons, who had been dragged by his family-historian mother to one too many cemeteries, told me that he thought I had a problem with cemeteries. He informed me that  
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What Kind of Relationship?
April 19, 2019 For many people, extended family probably means grandparents, aunts, uncles and first cousins, but for genealogists, it can mean more distant relatives. In fact, it can sometimes be dif…
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Brushing Up on Using the U.S. Census
April 12, 2019 Federal censuses are usually one of the first records genealogists learn to use when they begin United States research, in fact, it’s hard to imagine trying to do U.S. research withou…
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Finding Distant Cousins
April 5, 2019 This week I found two, previously unknown, distant cousins. It’s always a thrill to connect to branches of the family tree that have been out of contact for generations. Unfortunately …
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Almost a Maori
March 28, 2019 Many families pass down stories and legends about their ancestors; the stories often glorify the gallantry of an ancestral soldier or perhaps recount the tragic death of a pioneer. They…
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Going Beyond LCGS
March 22 2019 I’m a firm believer in the importance of local genealogical societies. With its wealth of great speakers at monthly meetings, educational classes and seminars and wonderful opportuniti…
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