Vol. 22, No. 10 — March 16, 2017
Reading History to Understand Your Ancestors |
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If you want to truly understand who your ancestors were as people, you have to do a little bit more than the regular types of genealogical research. You have to become a historian of the times and places in which they lived. Even if you are not reading about your ancestors specifically, you can find out so much about who they were by reading about the history that surrounded them. Brushing up
on the details of what life was like in general in the time and place they lived, what historical events might have affected them, what the customs and social etiquette were at the time, who else lived in town and what they were doing, and more can all give you an excellent idea of what your ancestors went through, and how those things likely shaped them as people... Read More
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10 Tools for Your Genealogy Research That You Never Thought You’d Need |
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When you have been doing genealogy for a while, you get used to surprises. You make new discoveries in places you never thought you would find anything. You meet new people in unusual places who have information on your family you could never get on your own. And, sometimes, you find yourself needing a tool to do your research you never thought you would need. Here are the top ten tools for
your genealogy research you never thought you’d need... Read More
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Latest Genealogy Gold Podcast
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Do you have Hessian soldiers in your ancestry? Do you suspect you might? On today’s episode, I’ll talk about what you need to know about them, and how to research their origins.
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This Week’s Free Genealogy Lookups |
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- Pennsylvania Family Histories #1, pre-1600 to
1900s
Spanning over four centuries of Pennsylvania history, approximately 62,000 individuals are cited here. Several hundred family history articles included touch on families of English, Welsh, Scotch-Irish, German, Dutch, and French origins.
- Mortality Index: United States, 1850-1880
Mortality schedules counted the number of deaths that occurred in the year before the census was taken. They exist for
the 1850 through 1880 censuses.
- African-Americans in the 1870 Census Index
This index of New York
State records consists of references to city directories, tax lists, church records, military rosters, Bible records, and much more.
- Genealogies of Mayflower Families, 1500s-1800s
The volumes include a wide variety of resources pertaining to the Mayflower families which settled the southern areas of Massachusetts as well as their descendants.
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7 Things You Need to Know Before Organizing Your Genealogy Heirlooms |
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Do the people in your family give you genealogy heirlooms all the time? It is not unusual for the family genealogist to get the reputation as the one to go to when one needs to give away an heirloom when downsizing and wants to make sure it stays safe and protected. If this is you, you may find yourself with a house full of genealogy heirlooms before long. When you start amassing a large
collection of them, you need to start organizing them, or future generations will not know what they are, who they belonged to, or their genealogical significance.
These are seven things you need to know before you organize your genealogy heirlooms... 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.
Genealogy And with this great
new book to help you, it has become easier still. The Genealogy Helps series, is an amazing resource which will help you to find records in some amazing and unusual places.
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Where Art and Philosophy Meet: Should Art Be Interpretive? |
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What is photography without meaning? Most would argue that the more meaning, the more symbolism a photograph contains, the more valuable it becomes. This leads to an odd interpretation of philosophy in photography. Some take this to mean that you should leave photos open to any number of interpretations — whatever multitude of things that the viewer can possibly think about the image. The
photograph itself has no point, other than to hopefully encourage the viewer to do all the thinking... Read More
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