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Tracing My Unknown Ancestor in the Martin Family
Tracing My Unknown Ancestor in the Martin Family was originally published at .Introduction: Scott Phillips is a genealogical historian and owner of Onward To Our Past® genealogy services. In this...
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In Search of Our Early American Ancestors’ Patents on Inventions
In Search of Our Early American Ancestors’ Patents on Inventions was originally published at .Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology...
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2013 Family History Expo Conference in St. George a Great Success
2013 Family History Expo Conference in St. George a Great Success was originally published at .Over 700 genealogists packed the lecture halls at the Dixie Center in St. George, Utah, this past weekend...
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Help Solve a Genealogy Mystery: Who Is Uncle L in My Old Photo?
Help Solve a Genealogy Mystery: Who Is Uncle L in My Old Photo? was originally published at .Introduction: Scott Phillips is a genealogical historian and owner of Onward To Our Past® genealogy...
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Find Your Female Ancestors This Women’s History Month
Find Your Female Ancestors This Women’s History Month was originally published at .Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest...
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Case Study: Using Old Newspaper Articles to Learn about Your Ancestors
Case Study: Using Old Newspaper Articles to Learn about Your Ancestors was originally published at .Old newspapers provide the stories of our ancestors’ lives, helping to flesh out the names and dates...
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Case Study Part 3: Finding Old Newspaper Articles about Family
Case Study Part 3: Finding Old Newspaper Articles about Family was originally published at .Continuing my search in GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives for the history of the Crofoot family...
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History of Trains & Railroads: Locomotives, Steam Engines & More
History of Trains & Railroads: Locomotives, Steam Engines & More was originally published at .Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology...
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Top Genealogy Websites, Pt. 6: Search Cemeteries Online
Top Genealogy Websites, Pt. 6: Search Cemeteries Online was originally published at .A few weeks ago I wrote about online cemetery records (See: Top Genealogy Websites, Pt. 3: Burial & Cemetery...
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What Can I Find in GenealogyBank about My Cousin Maid Marion?
What Can I Find in GenealogyBank about My Cousin Maid Marion? was originally published at .No, I don’t mean Robin Hood’s love interest from the 16th century. I’m referring to my cousin Marion Morgan...
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Major Historical Fires in the U.S.—Save Your Genealogy!
Major Historical Fires in the U.S.—Save Your Genealogy! was originally published at .Introduction: Scott Phillips is a genealogical historian and owner of Onward To Our Past® genealogy services. In...
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Thurgood Marshall Nominated: First Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall Nominated: First Black Supreme Court Justice was originally published at . This past weekend marked the anniversary of an important event in American history: on 13 June 1967,...
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Researching Contested & Special Military Pension Applications
Researching Contested & Special Military Pension Applications was originally published at . From its earliest days, the U.S. government has granted pensions to soldiers or their surviving relatives...
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Newspaper Archives of Grandma & Grandpa’s Tips from 100 Years Ago
Newspaper Archives of Grandma & Grandpa’s Tips from 100 Years Ago was originally published at . Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology...
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Newspapers are terrific!
Newspapers are terrific! They give us the real details of our ancestor’s lives. This week I found an article about the estate sale for my first cousin, Thomas Huse (1742/43-1816). It was published in...
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Join us to celebrate Halvor Moorshead’s retirement
Halvor Moorshead after a lifetime of publishing in the genealogy industry is retiring. Join us in person, by e-mail or blog to honor Halvor Moorshead on his retirement. Dinner 7 pm Thursday, 15 May...
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Wild Bill Obama
May 27th was Wild Bill Hickok’s day – I wrote about how easy it is to find newspaper articles about him in GenealogyBank. Wild Bill Hickok is in the news again – when Barack Obama mentioned his family...
View ArticleObituary key to finding missing heir – Tulsa, OK man receives $200,000
Nicholas Grod of Portland, Oregon used an online obituary to track down the rightful heir to a fortune in US Government bonds that he found hidden in his basement. KATU-TV (Portland, OR) reports that...
View ArticleAlex Haley’s family tree grows via DNA study
USA Today (7 April 2009) is reporting that a DNA study has extended the branches of Alex Haley’s family tree. The clue came when a “78-year-old man in Scotland named Thomas Baff, … took the DNA test to...
View Article‘Great American Success Story’– William & James Ledford
We receive “fan mail” every day – this letter was so good I wanted to share it. _____________________________________________ Tom,I’ve been working, several months, on an ‘Great American Success...
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