Vol. 26, No. 1 — January 7, 2021
Margaret Christine Otis Baker: A Colonial Woman with an Incredible Story
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Margaret Christine Otis Baker is a local heroine in the town of Dover, New Hampshire. Her amazing colonial American story of captivity, conversion (three times), and a love story that saw her leave behind everything she ever knew to return to the town she’d been abducted from as an infant, is not well known to most Americans. Yet, in Dover, her story has hardly been forgotten. It is the stuff novels, movies, and TV shows are made from. This is what you need to know
about this entirely remarkable colonial woman.
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Tax Records: Substitutes for the 1890 US Federal Census
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The 1890 US federal census is not available for genealogists to use, thanks to it being destroyed in a fire in the 1930s. This does not mean that all family history information from that era is lost. There are a lot of different genealogical sources you can use to bridge the genealogical gap. Tax records are one of them.
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New Year's Resolutions for Genealogy
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Are genealogy New Year’s resolutions on your radar? If not, they should be, and here is why. They can help you keep your genealogy on track when it is so easy to get lost in it. While your resolutions are up to you, here are some popular ones to give you some ideas about it.
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Maps: Substitutes for the 1890 US Federal Census
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The 1890 US federal census is not available for genealogists to use, thanks to it being destroyed in a fire in the 1930s. This does not mean that all useful genealogical information between the 1880 and 1900 censuses is lost. There are a lot of alternate records genealogists can use to bridge the gap. Maps are one of them. This is how to use them to improve your 1890s genealogy research.
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10 "Must-Do" Genealogy Projects for January
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Looking for genealogy projects for January? Here are ten “must-do” projects that are perfect for this chilly month.
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Church Records: Substitutes for the 1890 US Federal Census
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If you are looking for information that is missing from your family tree thanks to the missing 1890 US federal census, consider looking at church records. They can be a treasure trove of 1890s information on your family. This is what church records are, how to use them, and what information you may find about your family in them.
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What Were Your Ancestors Doing in the 1850s?
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The 1850s were not the quiet, uneventful decade that the history books usually portray them as being. In fact, there were a lot of important events going on around the globe. Our ancestors got to enjoy new inventions, new literary works of art, and new scientific discoveries. These are some of the highlights of a most remarkable time.
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The Wild Days of Texas: When Texas Was a Country
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Texas spent ten years as an independent nation. Those years were wild ones for the Lone Star State. Here's what happened in Texas that made it so tumultuous.
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Photography Clips: Searching for Meaning
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Prioritizing the search for meaning may be the secret to creating insightful images. Find out more about my thoughts here...
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Milt Kahl: Disney Inspirations
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Milt Kahl was a born artist and a perfectionist who went on to become one of the most transformative figures of the Disney empire. Learn about his life here!
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