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Ancestry’s Yearbook Database
September 6, 2019 Last week Ancestry unveiled their updated yearbook database. While they’ve long had a decent-sized collection of yearbooks, they’ve added over 100,000 new books to the collection…
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A Trip to FGS
August 30, 2019 Last week I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Federation of Genealogical Societies annual conference in Washington, D.C. The week was filled with classes, chats with genealogis…
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Find a Grave
August 23, 2019 If Find a Grave isn’t on your list of go-to websites for genealogy research, it probably should be. Find a Grave was started back in 1995 by Jim Tipton as part of his hobby of visiti…
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An Unexpected DNA Result
August 16, 2019 Like many genealogists nowadays, I’ve taken DNA tests at various companies such as My Heritage, Ancestry, Family Tree DNA and Living DNA. I admit I haven’t gotten terribly serious …
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An Unexpected DNA Match
August 9, 2019 Like many genealogists nowadays, I’ve taken DNA tests at various companies such as My Heritage, Ancestry, Family Tree DNA and Living DNA. I admit I haven’t gotten terribly serious a…
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Last Chance for Early Bird Registration for C4aC
July 29, 2019 Early bird registration for LCGS’ fifth annual Conference for a Cause ends later this week on July 31. That means if you want to take advantage of the $50 price, you’ll need to go to…
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Spelling for Genealogists
July 26, 2019 Recently, while I was volunteering as a genealogy helper, I found what I thought was a good record for the ancestor the client was looking for. Dates and places seemed to be exactly what…
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Citizenship for Children
July 19, 2019 Most Americans probably don’t think about citizenship much. After all, they were born in the United States, and most likely their parents were too. However, when doing genealogical res…
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Finding Naturalization Records
July 12, 2019 One of the records that many genealogists particularly want to find is their immigrant ancestors’ naturalization records. For many of us, it’s a thrill to actually see the records th…
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Women’s Citizenship Status Before 1922
July 5, 2019 Most genealogists are aware that, until the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920, women in the United States could not vote. Fewer may realize that until 1922, the vast majority of immig…
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Writing Letters and Making Phone Calls
June 28, 2019 Way back when I began working on my family history, the internet was barely a presence. If I wanted to do some research, it meant a trip to the NARA-Rocky Mountain Region in Lakewood or …
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