29 November 2008

Santa Claus in 1930

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Santa Claus in 1930? Santa Claus is living in Saline County, Missouri in 1930 and appears in the census image at Ancestry.com living with M...
26 November 2008

Booking Workshops and Seminars for 2009 and 2010

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I am currently working on my speaking schedule for 2009 and 2010. It is best to arrange dates as early as possible to provide flexibility.I ...

Ft. Wayne Genealogy Trip Hotel Stay Drawing Extended

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Our deadline for the drawing for a free stay at the Ft. Wayne Hilton during our trip to the Allen County Public Library has been changed be...

Make Certain You Read

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I mentioned in an earlier post today that Ancestry.com just released Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900 on their website. I was really ...

Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900 on Ancestry.com

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Ancestry.com just released Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900 on their website. I was really excited as I was hoping to find my elusiv...

Registration Pages for our Ft. Wayne, Indiana Research Trip

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We have finally gotten our registration pages up and running for the 2009 research trip to the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, Ind...
25 November 2008

Questions Not to Ask the Family for the Genealogy Book

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Family historians sometimes ask relatives questions at holiday get togethers. Here are some you might want to think twice before asking. Whi...
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Another Clipping--this one with a date

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This obituary was split over different parts of the newspaper as well. Fortunately this time the item of interest was located near the date ...

The Drawbacks of Writing on the Back

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Years ago, when I made many copies of items from the Ostfriesische Nachrichten , I wrote on pencil the date of the paper. Unfortunately when...

Ethnic Newspapers-Moline, Illinois

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The image in this post is "copy" and "pasted" from scans I made from microfilm copies of the Gazette van Moline . The fi...
24 November 2008

Could your Ancestors Read What they Signed?

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It never really dawned on me until just now. Just how literate was your ancestor? The clipping in this blog indicates that my ancestor did ...

Making a Chronology

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Order is good. I took a little time to organize the materials in John Ufkes' cancelled homestead application file from the National Arch...

Homestead Applications Include Proof of Citizenship

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It will be a while before I get the entire file on the website, but I have posted one image from John H. Ufkes' homestead application fr...
23 November 2008

Pilgrim Ancestors on Ancestry's Blog

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Juliana Smith has posted my article " Pilgrim Ancestors " on the Ancestry.com blog. There are links there to a variety of sites an...
22 November 2008

Getting more than just the Name

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It is more than about reading just the one page or the one item. The screen shot provides a little bit of information on my family Thomas R...

Cancelled Homestead Claim from the National Archives

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A recent post indicated I had located a "cancelled" homestead claim for my ancestor, John H.Ufkes in Franklin County, Nebraska. Ar...
21 November 2008

Ancestry.com's Card Catalog

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One frustration with some sites is the ability to search for databases that are in a specific locatilty. Libraries at least have a card cata...
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20 November 2008

Near Searches on GenealogyBank

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It is a little difficult to see in the first screen, but I thought of a neat way (at least to me) of searching for obituaries on GenealogyBa...

Accessing World War II Draft Cards--Old Men's Draft

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My set of pages on this topic need revision, which probably will take forever. So, we'll just blog about it here. The registration for t...

Varmland, Sweden Parish Records Added to Ancestry.

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Ancestry has parish records from Varmland Sweden from 1661-1895. This is excellent news for the Swedish genealogists with roots in this cou...
19 November 2008

1870 US Census on Family Search

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The FamilySearch website indicates the 1870 Federal US Census on their site is 74% complete. Indexes are available for: Alabama Arizona Arka...

Searching by First Names in Ohio Tax Lists at Familysearch

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In most of the data at Familysearch, first name only searches are not possible. This is okay for ancestors named John or William, but someti...

Ohio Tax Records 1816-1838--sample image

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I'm not certain this is a Kile from my wife's family, but this is a screen shot from FamilySearch's new 1816-1838 Ohio Tax Reco...

Ohio Tax Records 1816-1838

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Familysearch is 25% done with this database that was just added to its site . These tax lists are in the United States, Canada, and Mexico ...

Hilton Rates for 2009 Ft. Wayne Library Trip

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We have a trip rate of $99 (plus tax) for single or double occupancy on our May 2009 research trip to the Allen County Public Library in Ft....