20 February 2011

What Is Information?

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I have been thinking quite a bit about the meaning of "information" for an upcoming issue of Casefile Clues . I prefer to think of...
04 February 2011

Family History Library Trip May 2011

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We still have room in my 2011 trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Join us for a week of research at the Family History Lib...
03 February 2011

Casefile Clues, Genealogy Tip of the Day on Facebook, etc.

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In celebration of getting over 3200 fans for Genealogy Tip of the Day on Facebook , we're offering a special on my newsletter Casefile C...
01 February 2011

1905 Minnesota State Census on FamilySearch

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The image with this post comes from the 1905 Minnesota state census. Benjamin Habben was living in Lake Valley Township, Traverse County, Mi...
30 January 2011

Where I Should Focus For My Missing Census People

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Everyone has people they cannot find in various census records. I have them as well. Ira Sargent (or William Ira Sargent) in 1870 . This Can...
29 January 2011

Ancestry's Not Always Wrong

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The temptation is always to think that Ancestry.com is wrong. That's not the way it is. The image on this post comes from the 1870 Censu...
26 January 2011

Landing in Vancouver-Crossing in Vermont?

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Mark me down as confused. I'm still confused about why the St. Albans district went all the way to Vancouver, but I understand things be...

What I'd Like From Ancestry.com

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I'll be honest--I don't personally get all that excited about being able to interact with other users of data at Ancestry.com. I...
19 January 2011

1934 Border Crossing--From What Microfilm?

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UPDATE: 20 Jan 2011-This is on microfilm serial # is M1465, Roll #9. -------original post--------------- May Cintura Drolette appears on a m...
16 January 2011

Uncle Bertus Witnesses a Patent Application

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I've mentioned the US Patents database at Google before ( http://patents.google.com/ ). I made at least one very minor discovery today ...

Has Anyone Seen Irene?

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Cleveland Police were looking for "Irene" in September of 1915 according to this article from the Mansfield [Ohio] News . Basil ...
12 January 2011

Starting My List for Salt Lake

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Readers of the blog know that I'll be in Salt Lake for a week in May leading my group trip . I usually have time for some of my own rese...

Naturalizing After the Fire

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I'll be honest. This is one record for which I never really thought to look. This index card is from the "Illinois, Northern Distri...
11 January 2011

Recording Fees For Deeds

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There are several reasons why deeds don't often tell genealogists as much as we would like, but here is a good one: money. This image co...
07 January 2011

Group Trip to Salt Lake Via Amtrak from Points East?

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Readers know that every May I have a group trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. More information about the trip is lo...
05 January 2011

Paid Ezines

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As with everything else, I'm behind on my reading. Gary Mokotoff recently announced that his Jewish genealogy newsletter "Nu? What...
30 December 2010

Family History Library Trip in May 2011 Early Registration Extended

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We've extended the early bird registration deadline for my annual Family History Library (Salt Lake City) Research Trip until 31 Decembe...
29 December 2010

Elmore Drollette in San Francisco Newspaper

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This image of Elmore Drollette San Francisco News Chronicle from August of 1909. His father was George Drollette, uncle of my wife's gr...

Age and Birth Date on Ancestry.com's Canadian Crossings

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Don't get me wrong, I like Ancestry.com and use it daily, but this really has me confused. A match on the Canadian border crossings sh...

Discount Offer on First 68 Issues of Casefile Clues

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For the next 24 hours, you can purchase the first 68 issues of my genealogy how-to newsletter Casefile Clues for $25. That's a lot of g...
27 December 2010

Alfred Butler Pension Card

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I have always been a big fan of the pension payment cards from the National Archives. More specifically, these cards are the Organization In...

Two Cemeteries Have Stones for Same Man

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A search of the Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 turned up two cards for headstones provided apparently ...
26 December 2010

Casefile Clues Year 2's Issues 1-16

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Readers of Rootdig.com know that I write a weekly newsletter, Casefile Clues . Periodically we post information here about Casefile Clues . ...

Ancestry Matches Make Me Wonder

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I have a few trees uploaded on Ancestry.com . Occasionally the "green leaf" matches are helpful, but there are times when I really...
22 December 2010

Daily Genealogy Transcriber

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Don't forget that I post daily "Can you read it?" type problems over on my blog " The Daily Genealogy Transcriber." ...