31 October 2009

Hannah Frame Vanderlinden Marriage Chicago 1887

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This is the marriage license of Frank Vanderlinden and Hannah M. Frame of Kensington, Cook County, Illinois. They were married in 1887 by Ja...
28 October 2009

Google Is Not As Smart As It Thinks It Is

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Google doesn't always find what you want. I searched for the Illinois State Archives at Google just now and this lovely map came up with...
27 October 2009

10% Casefile Clues Discount

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I'm announcing this here because for me Facebook has been acting up all day. We are having a 10% discount on Casefile Clues today until...
26 October 2009

1892 Illinois Probate Guide

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The things one finds on http://www.archive.org/ are absolutely amazing. I'm reading partrs of the 1892 edition of A Practical Treatise ...
22 October 2009

Back Issues of Casefile Clues and Subscribing

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An update on back issues of Casefile Clues . Your subscription starts when you sign up. I'll usually send the issue that "just ran...
21 October 2009

Are your sources really that specific?

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The ability to merge sources (particularly census) into a tree at Ancestry.com is really a nice one. However, one must be careful not to ind...
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20 October 2009

Google Maps

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I have been experimenting with Google Maps for the Casefile Clues column that I'm wrapping up. This image includes some of the locations...
15 October 2009

Issues 1-10 of Casefile Clues

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Starting today, we are offering back issues of Casefile Clues in sets. First set will be issues 1-10 and we will continue in that fashion so...
13 October 2009

Which Copy Do You Have?

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One of the necessary items of citing genealogical sources is what copy of a document was actually used. The image shown here is a handwritt...
12 October 2009

Back issues of Casefile Clues

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Reminder: 12 October is the deadline to subscribe to Casefile Clues and get all the back issues as a part of your Casefile Clues subscriptio...
11 October 2009

Free Sample Issue of Casefile Clues

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I am offering a free sample issue of my weekly newsletter Casefile Clues to anyone who requests it. Simply send me an email at mjnrootdig@gm...
10 October 2009

Bigger Screenshot of Philip Troutfetter's Statement

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For those who were helping me, I have clipped a larger part of the scan from Philip Troutfetter's homestead claim. The word in the red c...
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Offer on Back Issues of Casefile Clues

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If you missed Friday's offer of subscribing to Casefile Clues and getting back issues 1-10 as a part of that, email me at mjnrootdig@gma...
09 October 2009

Can't Read it on a BLM Case File

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Philip Troutfetter should be a case study in and of himself, perhaps even a whole book of case studies devoted to him. The two images on th...
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What is Casefile Clues?

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For readers of this blog who don't know, Casefile Clues is my weekly genealogy how-to newsletter. Each week includes a case study, docum...
08 October 2009

Sample Copy of Casefile Clues

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I am offering readers of the Rootdig.com blog a free copy of "Casefile Clues" as a sample--hopefully to encourage readers to subsc...

Patent Database at Ancestry.com 1790-1909

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Ancestry.com recently (or at least I just noticed it) a US Patent Database from 1790-1909. From the Ancestry.com site: "This database c...
05 October 2009

Page number 0

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I am not certain what is going on, but this results page at Ancestry.com for Asa Landon in 1860 indicates that he is listed on census page n...
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01 October 2009

Is She Buried There?

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The more I look through things, the more I realize that I also have holes and gaps in my research. This is the stone for John and Anne Rampl...

10% discount on Casefile Clues 1 October only

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10% Discount on Casefile Clues for fans today until 10:00 PM central time. Get a year of Casefile Clues for $13.50, 10% off the regular pric...
30 September 2009

1877 Birth In Chicago

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This is an entry from the 1877 Cook County, Illinois, birth register. The baby, was unnamed at the time of birth. A quick look at the other ...
28 September 2009

More Accuracy than there is at Ancestry Maps Beta

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I will admit that the Maps (Beta) at Ancestry.com are neat, but I'm not always immediately impressed with the latest. I am well aware of...
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1910 Census Results at Ancestry.com

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Note (THIS PROBLEM HAS NOW BEEN FIXED. I am leaving the original post here as I don't believe in "altering history," but I app...
26 September 2009

What is Sarah's Last Name?

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If you had been indexing the 1820 census for Nicholas County, Kentucky, how would you have read the last name of the Sarah who appears in th...
24 September 2009

Michael's Email Address

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Effective immediately, the best way to reach me is throught mjnrootdig@gmail.com . My other email address is non-functional at present.