Utopias differ from faith-based communities in that they don't form around a religious belief. Instead, some other concept or life brings the residents together. While they are not traditional communities, their residents still call them home. Don't overlook them as genealogical sources.
To read the complete article, visit "Genealogy of Communities: The Utopias".
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This third article in a series of three investigates further the many uses of "dead," "death," and "die" in present-day vernacular, examining how these words have been altered over time.
To read the complete article, visit "Lexicons of Lost Lifestyles: In Passing, Part III".
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ourFamily•ology today announced that, in celebration of the official launch of its website, it is offering a 15-day free trial to all visitors.
To read the complete article, visit "Web-based genealogy software program offers 15-day FREE trial for amateur and professional genealogists.".
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This autumn marks the 201st anniversary of the beginning of the Peninsular War and to commemorate, the event Familyrelatives.com has added over 1 million army records covering a broad range from 1808 through to De Ruvigny's biographical record of World War I soldiers.
To read the complete article, visit "Familyrelatives is proud to announce the addition of 1,000,000 New Military Records spanning over 100 years.".
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Beginning next month, I want to take a look, state by state, at the resources available today for genealogists. I'm going to follow the order by which the states joined the union, highlight their major starting points for genealogical information, but I also hope to uncover some hidden gems along the way.
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To read this Genealogy Guide article, visit "patterns".
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Whether you've been tracking your family's genealogy for a while or are just starting, you'll soon find three sources that will give you a wealth of information. Birth, marriage, and death certificates are the primary sources for all genealogists–the primary colors of genealogy. It's the information contained in them that will enable you to begin your genealogical quest.
To read the complete article, visit "The Triumvirate of Sources".
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Footnote.com to feature original documents from every publicly available U.S. Federal Census from 1790 to 1930
To read the complete article, visit "Entire U.S. Census Goes Interactive With Footnote.com".
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FamilySearch's Record Search project gives you access to free, indexed, searchable records from all over the world. The best way to get the most out of it, though, is to join as a volunteer indexer.
To read the complete article, visit "FamilySearch Indexing: Want Free Indexed Records Online? Become a Volunteer and Help Create Them.".
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Patent-pending timeline in ArchivaLife captures key details often left out by scrapbooks and photo albums alone
To read the complete article, visit "Entrepreneur Introduces ArchivaLife(TM): A New Concept to Document Memorable Life Events for Future Generations".
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Once you have gathered information on your family, what's next? What do you do with it? How do you analyze it? Where do you go from here? Taking advantage of the many educational opportunities in the genealogical world can answer these questions and many more.
To read the complete article, visit "Getting a Genealogical Education".
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As you might expect, genealogists tend to agree that hiring a professional genealogist is money well spent. In today's economy, the reasons, however, may be a bit surprising. Judy Rosella Edwards explains the situation and gives professional genealogists some good news.
To read the complete article, visit "DIY Genealogy: Is It Worth Hiring a Professional?".
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Since 2005, the university has sent students out in the summer time to take stories about people and places in Northern Ontario, then write and publish them in the winter. Now, they have quite a few done, and they are available to the public.
To read the complete article, visit "Northeastern Ontario Family Histories".
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Not everybody has Pilgrim ancestry or even New England colonial ancestry, but researching these folk is interesting.
To read the complete article, visit "Pilgrims to Americans".
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Ancestry.com, the world's largest online resource for family history, has published a 73-page file consisting of letters and telegrams sent in the 1960s by an interesting cast of historical characters, including Congressman J. Arthur Younger, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Douglas MacArthur II and members of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Department of State.
To read the complete article, visit "Ancestry.com Allows Americans to Investigate for Themselves, 'What Really Happened to Amelia Earhart'".
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While conducting French, French-Canadian, or Acadian ancestral research, the researcher may come to a grinding halt because records begin to show surnames that do not match, or a new surname arises that causes the researcher to believe that he or she has uncovered an unrelated family group. What should have been a simple search of church records, with an already known date and place of birth, leads to confusion when the family name does not match what the researcher already knows to be fact. This article addresses the "dit" phenomena as it may occur within some French ancestral families and provides information that will assist the researcher in continuing uninterrupted with the research.
To read the complete article, visit "What is a Dit Name and Why Is It Important to Family History?".
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Too often we overlook faith-based communities when we are researching genealogy. The Catholic church institutions, such as convents, are the faith-based communities that immediately come to mind. But there are many others where we find people living with intentional communities they have created or joined, rather than with their families.
To read the complete article, visit "Genealogy of Communities: Faith-Based Communities".
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