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Genealogy
Published February 18, 2013
A new very useful list of the most viewed genealogy websites is available online.
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Published February 3, 2012
"Who Do You Think You Are" returns to NBC on Friday nights at 7 p.m.
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Published September 8, 2011
In April 2012, Ancestry.com will begin streaming free images from the 1940 U.S. Census.
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Published September 2, 2011
Labor Day signals the end of summer and offers a long weekend to spend with family and friends; but how many of us know the origins of this day, or even pause to consider what it signifies?
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Published August 12, 2011
New research indicates the importance of continually updating your family medical history.
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Published July 15, 2011
If you haven't logged onto Family Search lately, you are missing out.
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Published June 7, 2011
Our relationship to cemeteries changes with time.
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Published April 3, 2011
New search features and an improved user experience will soon be here.
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Published January 11, 2011
New Facebook app intended to put the fun in genealogy.
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Published December 27, 2010
NBC announces season 2 celebrities for "Who Do You Think You Are?"
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Published December 2, 2010
Locating genealogy books and articles continued.
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Published November 23, 2010
Locating genealogy books and articles is not as difficult as it used to be.
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Published November 4, 2010
Understanding word usage and the historic meaning of words in documents is an important research skill.
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Published October 20, 2010
Sometimes a new approach is all that is needed to move forward in genealogical research.
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Published September 7, 2010
Disney recently announced an upcoming televison series starring kids reporting on their family trees from the places their ancestors lived.
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Published August 11, 2010
Here are some free online genealogy courses that you can complete in your lunch hour.
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Published July 29, 2010
Family Tree Magazine just released their 2010 list of "101 Best Free Websites."
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Published July 23, 2010
The surnames you are researching may hold important clues to finding that ancestral village.
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Published July 7, 2010
Genealogy software offers a staggering array of features, but how do we decide which software to purchase or even if we need to purchase?
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Published June 29, 2010
100,000 pages of historical Tennessee newspapers to be digitized in the next few years..
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Published June 15, 2010
Genealogical tourism is one of the fastest growing markets in vacation travel according to University of Illinois professor Carla Santos.
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Published June 9, 2010
With the escalating price of funerals, some people are balking at the prices charged for newspaper obituaries.
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Published May 27, 2010
ProGenealogist's 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2010
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Published May 17, 2010
SMGF now links the DNA of 100,000 individuals with 8.6 million ancestors and living relatives.
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Published May 7, 2010
This is what happened to geneticist Sir Paul Nurse, when at age 57, he first saw a copy of his birth certificate.
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Published May 3, 2010
Family Search recently announced the addition of 300 million names to its databases.
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Published April 15, 2010
In less than two years the 1940 Federal Population Census will be released.
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Published April 8, 2010
Everyone runs into brick walls while constructing their genealogy. Use these helpful hints to find those elusive ancestors.
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Published April 1, 2010
Is there a tombstone that you wish you had a digital photograph of or a copy of a document that is archived in another state or country? Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness may be able to help you.
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Published March 25, 2010
The "First Families of Polk County" project will award you a certificate if you can document these roots.
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Published March 18, 2010
A new genetic tool will soon allow cousin connections in all family lines.
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Published March 11, 2010
The new NBC show titled "Who Do You Think You Are" debuted to rave reviews last Friday night.
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Published March 4, 2010
The World Wide Web is awash in blogs covering every interest, like, and dislike.
This holds true for genealogy as well.
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Published February 17, 2010
A belated New Year's resolution for all genealogists.
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Published February 9, 2010
Recently published DNA results indicate that Charles Darwin is descended from some of the first modern humans to leave Africa.
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Published February 3, 2010
"Faces of America" a new PBS series begining Wednesday February 10, traces the genealogy of 12 prominent Americans.
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Published January 26, 2010
The Ancestry Insider is a blog covering topics of interest to individuals involved in family history and genealogy. Many articles focus on the luck or good fortune these individuals encounter that leads them to just the right bit of information.
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Published January 19, 2010
Patricia Sullivan recently published an article on obtaining files from government sites under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Published January 5, 2010
Jefferson County, TN, claims that Davy Crockett's unexecuted marriage license, inherited by a 90-year-old Tampa, FL, grandmother, remains a Jefferson County document.
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Published December 15, 2009
The announcement of cleaner U.S. census records with improved indexes, and the growing list of online state census records indicates that this might be the time to fill in those research gaps.
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Published December 4, 2009
Earlier this month Eric Grundset, Library Director of the DAR Library, issued a press release outlining the availability of the DAR Genealogical Research System.
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Published November 20, 2009
Megan Smolenyak is a genealogist, author, speaker and TV guest. In one of her recent articles, Smolenyak states that "if you go back far enough, we're all cousins."
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Published November 2, 2009
The "Community Focus 2009," a report for Springfield and Greene County, was released on September 30th. Find out what "blue ribbons" and "red flags" were indicated for our community's health and vitality.
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Published October 13, 2009
Our understanding of dinosaurs comes mainly from the way that they are portrayed in the movies, and this is probably even more true when it comes to T-Rex. Newly discovered smaller cousins of this fierce giant are challenging popular views of the diversity contained within the T-Rex family.
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