Vol. 22, No. 2 — January 11, 2017
How to Get the Most Out of a Trip to Your Ancestral Homeland |
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If you ever have a chance to visit your ancestral homeland, you should. Everyone in the United States has one or more ancestral homelands, with the exception of full-blooded Native Americans. When you go to where your ancestors lived before they came to the United States, you get a unique perspective on your roots and the people who made you who you are that you simply can’t experience by
reading about it in a book. Walk the streets they walked. See the sights they grew up seeing. Go to the port where they embarked for America. Maybe even go to the church they attended, or, if you’re extremely genealogically fortunate, visit the house they lived in. There’s nothing quite like this type of experience in all of genealogy.
Just be sure when you go, you go with a well-organized plan. Here’s how to plan so you get the most out of your trip to your ancestral homeland. Read More
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Latest Genealogy Gold Podcast
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In today’s episode, I’ll talk about how to following your family tree without leaving the house (or logging on). Learn more about ancestors from your own walls, furniture, photos and other genealogical gems.
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Spitfire: The Tiger of the Skies |
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The Supermarine Spitfire was the iconic British aircraft of the Second World War and perhaps the most famous aircraft of the entire war of any of the participating nations. It formed the backbone of the Royal Air Force (RAF) following the Battle of Britain in 1940 and consistently outperformed many of its opponents. Its performance and importance cannot be understated and the romantic notions
it inspired, with its distinctive elliptical wing shape and the throaty roar of its Merlin engines, are still deeply embedded in the national psyche of the British people to this day.
The men who flew these planes were like the knights of mediaeval times, seated on their powerful war horses and often engaging an
equally skilled enemy in a one on one confrontation, often resulting in the death of one of them. Read More
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Genealogy Helps (Free eBooks)
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Researching ancestry is an exciting and fun pastime which many people are taking up thanks to the easy accessibility of records through the internet and other forms of research.
And with this great new
book to help you, it has become easier still. Genealogy Helps, is an amazing resource which will help you to find records in some amazing and unusual places.
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On Writing and Photography |
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Our art is the image, or so most photographers think as they are creating new photographs. But is that the end of it? Or can we add something more to our images? In fact, for many photographers, photography is intertwined with writing. It doesn’t necessarily need to be this way, but sometimes pairing imagery with the written word is a great way to give the viewer a more complete artistic
experience.
Of course, there are other reasons to write as a photographer, too. Artists’ statements or biographies — not everything you’ll write will be centered around an image or a photo project. Since there are several different types of photographic writing you may run across throughout your career, let’s take a little bit of time to discuss them. Read More
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