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Fee-based databases abound. Are they worth the money? Judy Rosella Edwards explains how the more you know about searching databases, the more valuable databases become for you.
To read the complete article, visit "Online Database Memberships: Are They Worth It?".
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More than 1.7 million names indexed and fully searchable - 38,000+ images of original documents
To read the complete article, visit "Ancestry.ca Announces World-First Online Launch of 1916 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta".
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Most Confederate soldiers signed an oath of allegiance in order to gain status as a United States citizen. In 1863 President Lincoln issued a proclamation to grant pardon or amnesty to Confederates.
To read the complete article, visit "Confederate Pardons".
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The terminology from the days of the knights of old persist today in many different forms. Here we examine how medieval words and phrases are kept alive in the 21st Century.
To read the complete article, visit "Lexicons of Lost Lifestyles: Knomenclature of Knights".
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Indexes are compiled by individuals or groups and they're meant to provide easier access to information. While not a substitute for primary documents, indexes can assist you in finding ancestors and lead you to primary documents.
To read the complete article, visit "Using Genelaogical Indexes".
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Search Six Million New Articles by Title, City, and Article Type
To read the complete article, visit "GenealogyBank.com Introduces New Family Research Technology to Search Online Newspaper Archives".
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The "Images of America" series is a collection of books covering a wide range of topics in American history, including local area histories that may be relevant to your own genealogical research.
To read the complete article, visit "Using the "Images of America" Series for Your Family History".
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Immigrants did not always follow a straight and obvious route. Michigan-Canada migrations create an intriguing panorama of people on the move. Browsing through biographies from the 1800's it becomes obvious that arrivals from the Old World traipsed back and forth between the United States and Canada.
To read the complete article, visit "Turning Michigan-Canadian Research Upside Down".
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NewspaperARCHIVE.com has expanded their store offerings with a set of beautiful hand-picked newspaper reproductions.
To read the complete article, visit "NewspaperARCHIVE.com Announces Premium Newspaper Reproductions".
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While many may use eBay to find collectibles at a reasonable price, eBay can also be used to enhance your genealogy.
To read the complete article, visit "Using eBay in your Genealogy".
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Glance through old gazetteers and you're likely to encounter place names like Nine Mile Ordinary, Virginia or Spencer's Ordinary. These ordinary places were not really so ordinary and, in fact, they required a license to be ordinary!
To read the complete article, visit "Licensed Ordinaries: Liquor Licensure Throughout American History".
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This is another in a series of columns on long-lost occupations.
To read the complete article, visit "Down In The Mines - Part 1".
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February is the month of love in the calendar of the modern world, with Valentine's Day being held on the 14th of February. But in 18th-century Canada, love and romance was something relegated to romance novels - it had no place in marriage of the day.
To read the complete article, visit "Love and Marriage in 19th-Century Canada".
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The 1875 Norway Census is valuable to researchers because it was the last national census taken just before the great Norwegian immigration period that started in 1878.
To read the complete article, visit "1875 Norway Census Transcription Initiative Is Underway".
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The award is in recognition of living individuals whose distinguished contributions and on-going commitment to the field of genealogy are of national or international scope.
To read the complete article, visit "Dr. Thomas W. Jones Honored as UGA Fellow".
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OBA is proud to celebrate two years online!
To read the complete article, visit "OUR BLACK ANCESTRY Celebrates Black History Month".
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