21 September 2006

Improved census images at Ancestry.com

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I went back today and compared a scan I did of an 1841 UK census entry with the entry at Ancestry.com. The different was outstanding. I reme...

My problem with delayed birth certificates

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It is always more difficult when things do not make sense. My great-grandmother-in-law had four children born in Chicago early in the twenti...
20 September 2006

FGS 2007 UFO Ancestors Lecture for $1.99 at lulu.com

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My "UFO Ancestors" lecture from the FGS conference in Boston has been posted on lulu.com and can be downloaded for $1.99. It was t...
17 September 2006

FGS 2007 Searching lecture posted for $1.99 download at lulu.com

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Those who missed the recent FGS conference in Boston can download recordings of most of the lectures from the lulu site. My Searching Techni...
14 September 2006

My Irish Problem

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The Annie Moore story got me to thinking about my own Irish Annie: Annie Murphy.... I know little about her other than she was born in Irela...

First Person Through Ellis Island

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Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (with some help) has found the true story of the first immigrant through Ellis Island. The results were featured ...
13 September 2006

Ancestry.com sweepstakes

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Ancestry is having a sweepstakes to visit your ancestral homeland. You might want to give it a try by entering. The only problem is that you...
12 September 2006

1856 Probate Manual

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A few years ago I wrote a column about an 1856 Illinois probate manual. While this might seem like really dry reading, genealogists can bene...
11 September 2006

Genealogy Computer Workshops in 2007

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The details of our 9th annual Genealogy Computing Week have been released. 2007 will be the 9th year Carl Sandburg College has offered a wee...
08 September 2006

Family History Day-St. Charles, MO 4 Nov 2006

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I will be presenting the Family History workshop in the St. Charles, Missouri, area on 4 November 2006. This all-day event is sponsored by t...
07 September 2006

Lecture Downloads FGS 06

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Many of the lectures at the recent FGS 2006 conference in Boston were recorded and can be downloaded to your computer, ipod, etc. at a very ...
05 September 2006

FGS 07 in Ft. Wayne

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The Federation of Genealogical Societies' 2006 conference in Boston is barely over and some of us have already focused our attention on ...
02 September 2006

Proposed change in NARA hours

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At the recent FGS 2006 Conference in Boston, the Records Preservation and Access Committee ( http://www.fgs.org/rpa/ ) announced their conce...
16 August 2006

A few funnies

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Here are some questions I have had in my email: 1) Why am I not in the Social Security Death Index? 2) I heard you had all the Illinois marr...
15 August 2006

Brick Walls From A to Z

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Virtually every genealogist has at least one brick wall that they can't seem to surpass. Mine is Ira Sargent, born ca. 1845 in Canada, ...
10 August 2006

Rich and Famous Ship Manifests

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We've posted a few well-known people in ship manifests: http://www.rootdig.com/ships/famousships/ Charlie Chaplin, Jane Addams, Errol Fl...
08 August 2006

FGS-Boston

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I am looking forward to the annual Federation of Genealogical Societies' annual conference--this year in Boston, Mass at the end of Augu...

Immigrant Trunk

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This trunk belonged to my aunt who immigrated ca. 1870 to Keokuk Junction, Illinois (now Golden). It is not in the best of shape, but the fr...
05 August 2006

Getting copies

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I finally got a copy of my grandfather's 1917 birth certificate when I was in Salt Lake a few months ago. I had seen it years ago, but w...
03 August 2006

Analyzing pre-1850 census entries

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As most genealogists know, pre-1850 census records provide less direct information on the individuals enumerated. Names of only heads of hou...
02 August 2006

Genline workshop

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We still have room in our two-day hands on workshop on using Genline.com for Swedish genealogical research. For those who are not aware, Gen...

Heritage Bears

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For Christmas a few years ago, my mother had teddy bears made from my paternal grandmother's chenille bedspread. I thought this was a ne...
31 July 2006

We're Really Cousins

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I received an email today from a cousin. It is difficult for me to explain the relationship precisely because: her paternal grandfather a...

Found William Faulkner and J. Edgar Hoover

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These were two of our contests and we have winners for locating: 1910 William Faulkner 1930 J. Edgar Hoover Open contests are listed on our ...
29 July 2006

New Famous Census Search Contests

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We have added the following Famous Census Search contests to our site, complete with new prizes: 1870 Thomas Edison 1930 J. Edgar Hoover 191...