Vol. 23, No. 5 — February 1, 2018
How Popular is Genealogy? |
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Determining how popular genealogy is as a pastime and a profession is not as straightforward as one may imagine. If you ask any random group of people if they are interested in learning more about their family history, about ninety-nine percent of them would say they were. Everyone has a family history, after all, and those ancestors who comprise it each contributed to every modern person being
who they are today. In fact, were it not for our ancestors, none of us would be here. Therefore, it is almost impossible to not have at least a cursory interest in genealogy in the broadest sense. How popular is genealogy, really, though? Read More
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Tips for Researching German Genealogy |
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Researching your German ancestors takes knowledge and ingenuity. It is not like researching ancestors in America. Germany has only actually been one unified nation since 1871. Many people doing German genealogy research may find this surprising. However, it is an important point that has a huge impact on how you will go about doing your German genealogy research. Read More
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Latest Genealogy Gold Podcast
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What is the PERSI index, and why should you be using it for genealogical research? On today’s episode, I’ll give you want you need to know about this valuable resource.
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Marriage Research Advice for Beginners |
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Marriage records are one of the three main types of vital records you need to have in your genealogy collection (birth and death records being the other two). These records tell you the pertinent details of the three most genealogically pertinent events in any given ancestor’s life. Depending on the type of record and the state, county, or town you get it from, these records can tell you not only when and where an event took
place, but names of other relatives (such as parents), the age of your ancestor, the name of their spouse, whether they were married more than once, and so much more. Read More
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This Week’s Free Genealogy Lookups |
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- 1900 Census
Index: New England, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
- 1900
Census Index: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia
- 1910 Census Index: Idaho
- Roll
of Honor: Civil War Union Soldiers Military Records
- First-Time User? Click Here
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Genealogy Helps, Volume 4 |
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Genealogy Helps, Volume 4, picks up in the time when Texas was its own country and looks
at the immigrants who came to Canada and as far afield as England and Ireland.
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Brevity seems like an odd concept to apply to photography. All in all, the art itself is self-contained, all of the information, all of the magic, everything happening within the confines of one frame. So where do you have the opportunity to be brief? Read More
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