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A Strange Heirloom: The Pig Spoon
March 1, 2019 Over the years, I’ve heard other genealogists rhapsodize over the wonderful heirlooms they inherited from their ancestors. They boast of everything from Civil War sabers to 1700’s wo…
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Beyond Obits: Newspaper Research
February 22, 2019 Since obituaries often contain the only biographical information available about an ancestor, most genealogists search for them. Unfortunately, many family historians confine their n…
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More Library Databases
February 15, 2019 Bob Larson, LCGS Education Chair, recently wrote about using free library databases. Bob’s coverage of several library databases such as Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest was e…
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DNA Lab Websites Are Newest Frontier for Law Enforcement
February 12,2019 Ancestry websites have exploded in popularity for people looking to trace their heritage or distant relatives. But now genealogy has also become the newest frontier for law enforcemen…
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Attend RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City
February 6, 2019 You may want to consider attending RootsTech’s annual conference in Salt Lake City on February 27–March 2, 2019. Unbelievably, over 10,000 worldwide genealogists attend this p…
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Research Your Ancestor’s Family History!
February 2, 2019 Many genealogists, beginner or experienced, love the thrill of researching their ancestors. Some even get addicted because they find something new on their relatives during each resea…
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Library Databases
Published January 31, 2019 It’s amazing to me that more genealogists don’t use the local library genealogy databases from their home. With the exception of Ancestry’s Library Edition…
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How You Can Overcome the Tragically Lost 1890 Census!
(FindMyPast – June 5, 2016) At some point every genealogist encounters this discouraging reality. And if you haven’t heard yet, we might as well just tell you – The 1890 census is go…
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Using the Right Google Search Engine for Best Results!
(Genealogy In Time Magazine – June 12, 2016) To get the most out of any Google search for your ancestors, it is necessary to understand how Google works. An important consideration is to realize…
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FamilySearch Adds New Civil War Records Collection
(FamilySearch – May 30, 2016) In conjunction with Memorial Day, FamilySearch.org announced today significant updates to its free Civil War historic record collections online. The new FamilySearc…
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Free Military Cemetery and Casualty Databases Online
(Kimberly Powell’s About Genealogy Weekly Blog – May 24, 2016) From 1775 through 1991, over 41 million men and women served in the U.S. military during wartime. Of these, 651,031 died in b…
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