A person's occupation defines them–their character, their level of education, and eventually their location. But many family genealogists neglect to consider what their ancestors did for a living.
To read the complete article, visit "We Are What We Do".
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Friends, especially close friends, may very well have information to share about your ancestor . . . or you may information to share with them.
To read the complete article, visit "Friends of the Family".
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Many words and phrases we use today had their origins in the early activities of farming and ranching. Here we examine a few of the terms that our rancher and farmer ancestors used and how they have evolved.
To read the complete article, visit "Lexicons of Lost Lifestyles: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch".
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The LAC has indexed and digitized a variety of documents, such as lists of births and deaths at sea, hospital registers (personal effects of the people who died), journals, letters, photographs, and maps.
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While they've had thousands of city directories on the site for some years now, many of these databases contain no page images, and the ones that do mostly contain bi-tonal black and white images (not grayscale).
To read the complete article, visit "New U.S. City Directories Database at Ancestry.com".
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There are several sources for finding where your ancestor was buried in New Orleans. This is true even if they were not buried in a church cemetery.
To read the complete article, visit "New Orleans Interments".
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FamilyTreeDNA users can take advantage of MyHeritage's site to not only further research family history, but also stay connected with current family members around the world.
To read the complete article, visit "Myheritage and Family Tree DNA Partner to Help People Trace Family History Using DNA".
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A personal history will provide your descendants with information about your life that will enrich their future genealogical pursuits.
To read the complete article, visit "Your Personal History".
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Completed Indexes Will Be Free Online
To read the complete article, visit "Volunteers Discover Fun Facts Transcribing Historic Canadian Censuses".
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Genealogists frequently hit a brickwall when they don't reason through their research problems, they give up prematurely, or they are in a rut with their research. The same old plan of action and the same routine can provide negative results, even if the answer is not that difficult to locate.
To read the complete article, visit "Switching Search Directions".
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Today, Incline Software, LC announced the full release of Ancestral Quest 12.1. AQ 12.1 has been released in phases since July, 2008, when AQ 12.1 entered the first phase of a roll-out, wherein it was made available to a limited number of users of both AQ and PAF.
To read the complete article, visit "Incline Software Ancestral Quest 12.1 Full Release".
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Family Historian 3, the highest rated family tree software in the U.K. is now available in the United States and Canada.
To read the complete article, visit "The #1 Rated genealogy software in the UK is now available at 1500 Target stores in the US".
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Many families have given the ultimate sacrifice in times of war, and many have lost more than a single family member. Others, return home but "the spectre of war never subsides."
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You can locate records from primary and secondary schools by contacting the board of education in the county or town in which the child attended school. To obtain college and university academic records and transcripts, contact the registrar's office for the institution.
To read the complete article, visit "Back To School - How to Find School Records - Part 3".
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While researching a female ancestor who was a veteran is similar to researching a male veteran, there are some additional resoruces to consider.
To read the complete article, visit "Women Veterans".
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Partnership allows unprecedented online access to Canadian historical records
To read the complete article, visit "Library And Archives Canada Partners With Ancestry.Ca".
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Every once in a while I come across a subject that I have never delved into and I am surprised by how extensive and wide spread the activity is being enjoyed by the mainstream public. Such a subject is scrapbooking.
To read the complete article, visit "Scrapbooking Your Family Tree".
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When researching a family it is as important to learn about the time period and locality the family lived as it is to know about the family's biographical information. To make your research easier, you may want to check out an online state encyclopedia.
To read the complete article, visit "Online State Encyclopedias".
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Industry-first combination creates most comprehensive single source for people to find each other across the Web
To read the complete article, visit "Reunion.com and Wink Merge to Create Entirely New Breed of People Search".
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