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Published: Wed, 10/19/16

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Vol. 21, No. 68 — October 19, 2016

Winners: Pam Greve & Deidre Mercer
Genealogy Gold Podcast
Hard to Find Surnames

Why You Should Incorporate Periodicals into Your Genealogy Research

Are you missing some important genealogical information you just can’t seem to find? If you’ve looked in all the usual places, and even some unusual ones, you may be frustrated that you still can’t find the information you need to make your family tree more complete and detailed. It’s an issue most genealogists encounter more than once in their research.

Just because you haven’t found the answer yet doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist somewhere. Have you looked into using periodicals in your research? These are an incredibly important, but woefully underutilized tool for genealogists. If you’re not using periodicals, you may be missing the exact information you’re seeking.

Here’s what periodicals are, where to find them, and how to use them to take your genealogical research to the next level...

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AF-096: Using DAR Application Papers to Discover Your Ancestors

Have you ever used the application papers of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in your research? You should. In this episode of the Ancestral Findings Podcast, I’ll talk about what you may find in them and where you can access the records.

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Joining a Surname Study: Where to Find Them and What You Can Get Out of Them

Surname studies are some of the most basic of genealogical study groups. They have been around for at least a century, and maybe more. The purpose of a surname study group is to get people together who have the same surname (or have direct ancestors with the same surname) and allow them to share genealogical information on their families. The aim is for people involved in the study to gain more insights into their own family trees and connect with genetic cousins or long lost relatives through the information that is shared. You can find out a lot about your ancestors of a particular surname through a surname study...

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The Art of Photography

When you look around at photography, whether it is printed or digital, your work or someone else’s, you’ll see that most prints are one of the common standard sizes or aspect ratios, and nearly all of them are rectangular, either horizontal or vertical. Those certainly aren’t shapes that we are limited to, so why is it that prints nearly always come in these sizes? Let’s examine some of the reasons, starting with a brief lesson on how some of the most common print sizes or aspect ratios came to be...

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