Limited Access to SSDI

(Kimberly Powell’s Weekly Blog – November 15, 2015) The Social Security Death Master File, maintained by the US Social Security Administration (SSA), is a database of death records collect…

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Six Secret Google Search Tricks for Genealogy That’ll Help You Find Your Ancestors

(from Family History Daily Blog – November 2015) Most of us use Google search to look for our ancestors on a regular basis. After all, once we’re done searching our favorite family history sit…

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If You Don’t Put It Online – Your Descendants Will Not Find It!

(December 4, 2015 By Thomas Jay Kemp with GenealogyBank) With January 1st approaching, how’s this for a New Year’s Resolution: preserve your family history records online so that future generation…

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How to Find a Revolutionary War Patriot

(from Dick Eastman’s Daily Newsletter · November 10, 2015) After earlier skirmishes, the American Revolutionary War started with the battle between British troops and local Massachusetts militi…

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Are You An Effective Genealogist?

Internet Genealogy article by Donna Potter Phillips, Internet Genealogy author November 9, 2015) What I mean is that are you a successful genealogist or an unsuccessful genealogist? Do you usually ach…

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Eight Ways to Avoid Going Down the Wrong Path

(Kimberly Powell’s About Genealogy Weekly Newsletter November 3, 2015) There is nothing more frustrating than finding out the ancestors you’ve been so diligently searching aren’t rea…

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National Digital Newspaper Program

(Dick Eastman’s Daily Newsletter October 26, 2015) I have written before about the National Digital Newspaper Program, but not for some time. The program continues to grow and expand, so perhaps…

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Tips for Finding Your Ancestors in Genealogy Databases

(All About Genealogy by Kimberly Powell) How many of you have ancestors that you just can’t find in a census, newspaper, or other online database when you just know they must be there? Before yo…

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Citing Your Sources From Online Database Providers

(By Michael J. Leclerc – Mocavo.com September 24, 2015) It is important to note exactly what version of a record you are examining and that provided the information to you. It can get confusing,…

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Five Things You Can Learn From Death Records

(By Kimberly Powell, Genealogy Expert for About Genealogy Weekly Blog – September 15) More Than Just the Date and Place of Death Many people looking for information on their ancestors skip right…

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Seven Unique Technologies to Discover Your Family History!

(Dick Eastman’s Daily Newsletter · September 8, 2015) As mentioned in the MyHeritage Blog, “MyHeritage Founder and CEO Gilad Japhet recently presented a keynote address to hundreds of attende…

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Privacy Issues for Family Historians

(Dick Eastman’s Daily Newsletter · September 7, 2015) The MyHeritage Blog has published an article I wrote: Privacy Issues for Family Historians. It discusses some of the things genealogists ne…

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