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Finding original copies of historic records is always a challenge, especially because few copies remain. If you're looking for the "History of the Eighty-Fifth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry," you'll find that American Libraries Internet Archive has the entire text online for free. You'll also discover this volume has some special features researchers will find extremely helpful.
To read the complete article, visit "Researching Civil War Volunteer Infantrymen from Havana, Illinois".
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Have a brick wall? Well try these ideas and see if that old brick wall starts tumbling down.
To read the complete article, visit "Tackling Your Brick Walls Head-On".
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Of the many pre-1911 Canadian censuses to have been put on-line, the 1851 census is one of the latest ones.
To read the complete article, visit "1851 Canadian Census is Now On-line".
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One year ago this month, Footnote.com partnered with the National Archives to digitize and make available records accessible for the first time on the internet.
To read the complete article, visit "Footnote.com Celebrates Its First Anniversary".
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The role our ancestors played in a national custom.
To read the complete article, visit "The European Roots of Groundhog Day".
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While as children we may have wanted to run off and join the circus, there were people who did work with the circus and research opportunities exist in fleshing out their stories.
To read the complete article, visit "Researching the Circus in Your Family Tree".
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Benjamin Franklin in 1798 said, "In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes." However, genealogists check out death records for ancestors and fail to look at tax records.
To read the complete article, visit "Our Ancestors Paid Taxes".
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Any biography that includes a reference to a famous person like Daniel Boone is just a little more interesting. But it sometimes seems more like legend that so many people claim to have known Boone.
To read the complete article, visit "And he knew Daniel Boone…".
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Insights on tracking ancestral migration roots.
To read the complete article, visit "Pioneer Migration Routes".
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PROVO, UT, January 14, 2008 – A new year brings a new name to the world's fastest growing genealogical and family history corporation, [[World Vital Records, Inc.]] World Vital Records, Inc. has changed its name to [[FamilyLink.com, Inc.]], a name which better reflects the company's mission of connecting families to one another through innovative online tools.
"We marvel at the opportunity that the Internet provides to build web sites and social networking applications that can literally reach millions of users. FamilyLink.com will be our umbrella brand for a whole portfolio of web sites, widgets, and applications that all help families get connected to each other and to the past," said [[Paul Allen]], CEO, FamilyLink.com.
FamilyLink.com will continue to operate the WorldVitalRecords.com web site, with its 5,000 databases, nearly 1 billion records, and nearly 24,000 paying subscribers.
"We will continue to add new US and international records to the site every business day," said Allen. "Our strong emphasis on aggregating vital records and other family history materials from around the world will continue, as will our use of the World Vital Records brand on our genealogical products. However, the company's official name will now be FamilyLink.com, Inc."
The company said it will also continue to grow its FamilyLink.com social network that has attracted more than 47,000 customers and has doubled its site traffic already this year. It will also continue to operate the We're Related Facebook application, the #1 social application for families out of nearly 14,000 Facebook.com applications. We're Related has more than 2 million users and is growing at a rate of 6,000 users a day. More Facebook applications are in the works.
"The FamilyLink.com name is more reflective of the broad mission of our company, which is to provide innovative tools to help families connect," said David Lifferth, President, FamilyLink.com. "WorldVitalRecords.com will continue to provide hundreds of millions of vital records that family historians love, but as a company we are also creating tools and content for family members of all ages and interests."
"Our enthusiastic team of genealogists and IT professionals is excited to keep up the tradition we have had of delivering extremely high quality resources and tools to our users at a very low cost," said Lifferth.
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This month, as we remember the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., it may be a good time to look at a few resources that exist for those with African American roots.
To read the complete article, visit "African American Resources".
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Our ancestors' childhood occupations in the coal mines.
To read the complete article, visit "Babes in the Mines".
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If you are looking for German immigrants in the United States who spent some time in Ohio before disappearing from your genealogical timeline, try looking for them in Teutopolis, Illinois.
To read the complete article, visit "Migrations From Vechta, Germany to Teutopolis, Illinois".
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Those genealogists researching their Quaker ancestors have an easier time of it than most, since, next to the Mormons, the Quakers are the second best record keepers.
To read the complete article, visit "Tracing Quaker Ancestors".
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Thoughts and ideas for passing along your family history collection.
To read the complete article, visit "What will happen to my research?".
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