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These people are a mystery other than the fact the children’s grandmother apparently lived for a […]
[note: this post has been corrected on 22 November 2017] DNA analysis is often about the […]
I believe in citation of sources. But there’s a problem with the citation that is currently […]
I agreed to help a cousin with her Daughter’s of the American Revolutionary War application for […]
Harm Habben died at the age of eighteen in Bentley, Hancock County, Illinois. After battling pneumonia […]
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I’m helping a cousin with her Daughters of the American Revolution application for our mutual ancestor. […]
From the blog post on FamilySearch: Beginning December 13, 2017, patrons visiting FamilySearch.org will see a prompt to […]
Religious newspapers can provide details on individuals not given in other publications. They can be easily […]
Admitting mistakes may make me look like I don’t know what I’m doing. But it may […]
Benjamin Butler is one of those problem people. A few years ago I made a chart […]
If ever there was an ancestor who was full of genealogical lessons, it’s Ira Sargent. Born […]
In June of 1892, Christ Troutfetter received a patent for 160 acres in Thomas County, Kansas. […]
GedMatch is a great site to get more from your DNA test results. My first webinar […]
Crista Cowan of Ancestry.com answered a question about “hints” on Ancestry.com for my “Genealogy Tip of the Day” […]
GoogleBooks contains a wide variety of material and one never knows what snippet of information one will […]
We are excited to offer another session on using GedMatch.com for analyzing your DNA results. This session […]
I have memories of Grandma Neill’s 3-legged milk stool. The seat was always a little tilted […]
FamilySearch recently updated their “Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994.” That database serves as a good reminder […]
I’ve just finished my first webinar on Using GedMatch.com to analyze your DNA results Discussion included: overview of […]
Yesterday’s Genealogy Tip of the Day was about the location of my great-grandfather’s death in 1934. I […]
Ancestry.com recently updated its “U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2017.” This is a database of information harvested from […]
Federal, state, and local government reports can contain a wide variety of information, particularly through the […]
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