29 January 2009

Prairie Patrimony

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I have always been a big fan of this book and have mentioned it in numerous lectures. It is the study of farming and inheritance trends in s...
28 January 2009

Working on Illinois Mental Health Records

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My current project (on the big long list) is to try and get the mental health records of Ira Sargent from the Illinois state hospitals in Ba...
27 January 2009

1886 Hancock County Directory Being Reprinted

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I am again reprinting the 1886 Directory of Hancock County, Illinois. This book was originally published in Burlington, Iowa, by T Wright. T...
26 January 2009

A Few Spaces Left

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We have just a few spaces left in our May 2009 genealogical research trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Our trip size is ...
24 January 2009

From Squire to Prince

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From Squire to Prince; Being a History of the Rise of the House of Cirksena (published in 1901) is one of the books I discovered on Archive....

Hancock County, Illinois Books on Archive.org

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For those looking for Hancock County, Illinois books on Archive.org: History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an outline history o...

Images from Archiveorg

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I've been playing with the scans of books on Archive.org . There are a great number of books scanned on this site. There are five scanne...

Columns for Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

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The following are my columns for Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter that have gone "live" since I started writing for East...
22 January 2009

Currently Open Famous Census Search Contests

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Currently open Famous Census Search Contests: Mae West 1930 Spencer Tracy 1920 Richard Nixon 1930 Georgia O'Keeffe 1930 Glenn Miller 192...

Famous Census Search Update

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We announced our latest Famous Census Search contest earlier this week and so far no winners or submissions. Richard Nixon in 1930 is the l...
20 January 2009

Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois--17 Oct 2009

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I will be presenting a seminar for the Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois on 17 October 2009 in Carterville, Illinois. Topics and oth...
14 January 2009

Genealogy Computing Week 2009

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We still have openings in our week-long series of genealogy workshops at Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois, during 9-13 March 200...
08 January 2009

First Winner in our Famous Census Search Contest

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I'm a little bit delayed in posting this, but we have our first winner in the "Find the famous person in the census" contest: ...
05 January 2009

Census Search Contests

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Our find the famous person in the census contests have returned and have been announced on our sister site, www.famouscensus.com . 1930 Hank...
04 January 2009

Famous Census Search Contest Returning

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Our "find the famous person in the census" contests are returning, with prizes. We will be announcing new contests on an ongoing b...
31 December 2008

Passport Applications on Footnote.com

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Passport applications are an excellent source and one that is particularly helpful for searching on those extended family members. Passport ...
30 December 2008

Now Writing for Dick Eastman

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Starting today, I'll be writing pretty much a weekly column for Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter . I'm looking forward...
28 December 2008

Additions to Our Famous Census Pages

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We've added the following years and people to our famous cenus pages at http://www.famouscensus.com 1860 Abraham Lincoln 1860 U S Grant ...
23 December 2008

1900 Census Back at Family Search

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Those who have been waiting can now search the 1900 census again at FamilySearch.
21 December 2008

Happy Holidays 2008!

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I will be taking a break for a week or so from regular blogging as the Holiday Season swings into full gear at my household. As a reminder.....
18 December 2008

1870 Census 98% complete at Family Search Pilot Site

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The Pilot site on Family Search is now reporting that the 1870 census on their site is 98% complete. A complete list of currently indexed st...

More in the Florida State Census at Ancestry.com

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As mentioned in an earlier post, Ancestry.com just released the set of Florida state censuses 1867-1945 on its website. I found cousin Marti...

Florida State Censuses at Ancestry.com 1867-1945

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Ancestry.com just released the set of Florida state censuses 1867-1945 on its website. This includes the years of: 1867 1875 1885 1935 1945 ...
16 December 2008

Famous Census Pages are Back!

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After a hiatus, our famous census pages are back. It will take a while to bring all the images again to our website, but we are making progr...
15 December 2008

Stick with the Facts

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Ancestry.com has revised their New York City Passenger Lists database (or at least it showed up as "new" on their home page recent...