28 April 2006

Bureau County Genealogical Society meeting

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Thanks to the group from Bureau County (Illinois) for inviting me to speak at their monthly meeting. I always enjoy my trips to Princeton an...
27 April 2006

Birth Certificate Spellings

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One always has to keep in mind the creative spellings that were used, especially when the families did not speak English. My great-grandfath...

Ohio Gene. Conference-Toledo

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I'll be giving two lectures on Saturday at the annual Ohio Genealogical Society Conference in Toledo. Where did the Farm go? Math...
25 April 2006

Find Glenn Miller in 1930

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Our latest census contest: Glenn Miller in 1930. Click on the link and please follow the directions if you want to try and win. If you can...

Tennessee Genealogical Society

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We had a great time in Memphis at the recent Tennessee Genealogical Society's Spring workshop. The handout for our Tight Budget lecture ...

Do You Ear?

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This has been one of the most popular articles on our site. Think about how that word got into the ear of the censustaker or records clerk. ...

1841 UK Census

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Ancestry.com has the 1841 UK Census online—16 million names from England , Wales , the Channel Islands , and the Isle of Man . The 1841-190...
20 April 2006

Lessons from Searching for the Rich and Famous

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Over the past several years, we've located hundreds of the famous and infamous in US census records. An article discussing my experience...
18 April 2006

Find B B King in 1930

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Our latest contest is to find jazz musician B B King in 1930. http://www.rootdig.com/contest/1930_b_b_king.html Michael
17 April 2006

Famous Contest Announcement

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Our first contest is to find Hank Williams, Sr. in 1930. First correct submission wins a current edition of Family Tree Maker. More details ...
16 April 2006

Jackie Kennedy in 1930

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She's living in NYC with her parents, but interestingly enough she and her mother are enumerated with the father/husband, John Bouvier, ...
14 April 2006

John Tyler in 1860 Census

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We have added President John Tyler to our rich and famous census page for 1860. The image can be viewed for free here: http://www.rootdig....

Famous Census Search Contest

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In the next week, we will be restarting our "find the famous person in the census contest," complete with prizes. Information will...

Dizzy Gillespie in the Census

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We have added Dizzy Gillespie in the 1920 and 1930 census to our "famous census" website: http://www.rootdig.com/dizzie_gillespie....
13 April 2006

Genealogy research trips May 2006

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There is still time to join either one of our genealogy research trips in May 2006. Our trip to Ft. Wayne, Indiana (3+days) Our trip to Sal...

Pre-1850 Census Entries

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Once your census work gets to before 1850 it is a different world...only heads of household are enumerated. The analysis is different than ...
12 April 2006

Queen Victoria in the Censu

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Even the Queen does not avoid the census taker. Surfers can see Queen Victoria in the 1851-1881 census on our site located here: http://www....
10 April 2006

Famous Ship Manifests

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One of our "diversions" here is to locate various famous people in actual documents. We've posted about 30 images on our site,...

Hiring a Professional Genealogist

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Before you decide to hire someone to research part of your family for you, there are several things to consider: What you really want How mu...
09 April 2006

WWI Draft Card Harry Houdini

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I'm not certain who exactly was responsible, but illusionist Harry Houdini is listed as Harry "Handcuff" Houdini on his World ...

Immigrant Trunk

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I was fortunate enough to obtain the trunk my great-great-grandfather's sister used on her voyage to the United States ca. 1870. Her des...
07 April 2006

Researching Female Ancestors

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Half of our ancestors are female. However for many reasons, tracing this half of our ancestry is many times problematic. There are several a...
06 April 2006

1930 census Roy Rogers

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Fans already know that Roy's real name was Leonard Sly. But did you know that for some reason in the 1930 census he was enumerated as Le...

Missouri Death Index

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The Missouri State Archives has posted a death index online for the years 1910-1950 http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives /resources/deathcertifica...
04 April 2006

Genealogy Computer Workshops-Dearborn, Michigan June 2006

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I am presenting two days of genealogy computer workshops at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, MI in June 2006. You need not live in ...