31 December 2011

Only 1 Genealogy Resolution for the New Year

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Instead of making a long old list of genealogical goals for the new year, the completion of specific projects, how about simply resolving to...
28 December 2011

A Professional Genealogist

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I've been ignoring much of the conversation on the Association of Professional Genealogists' Mailing list lately. And I think it...

August 2012 Allen County Library Research Trip

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We have released details of our August 2012 group research trip to the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 1-5 August. Join u...
23 December 2011

January 2012 Genealogy Webinar Schedule Announced

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Our series of January 2012 genealogy webinars have been announced: Illinois Research Using Archive.org Newspaper Research Tips and Tr...
20 December 2011

1870 Census Search Fixed!

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Regular readers know that I've been complaining about the advanced search based upon locations not working on Ancestry.com. I mentioned ...
19 December 2011

Grandpa and Grandma Married 76 years

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Notice of "Trautretter-Niell" Nuptials from the Mendon [Illinois] Dispatch My grandparents (Cecil and Ida [Trautvetter] Neill)...

What is "Reasonably Close?"

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I've been thinking about what "reasonably close" means in terms of genealogical research. I have been working on a relative o...
18 December 2011

Rev. O. R. Bouton Hitches a Couple in Macon County, Missouri

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This post is more a series of "notes" to myself so that I don't lose these discoveries I made on this minister while using Goo...
17 December 2011

Images are Sometimes Tied to the Wrong Database

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There are not many individuals in Ancestry.com's database with the name of Jurgen Goldenstein. One of them is my uncle (brother to Tjode...

Save $3 on Pre-1850 Census Webinar Recording

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I had great fun with the pre-1850 census presentation yesterday. Anything where numbers are analyzed is always good. Today if you use the...
16 December 2011

What Type of Minister Is This In 1850

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I know the "MEC" stands for Methodist Episcopal Church. I'm trying to decide what that letter in front of the word "Mi...
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My Death Benefit Location Comments are Being Shared

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I've complained about how Ancestry.com's trees merge the last benefit from the SSDI into the person's death place when integrati...

Sarah and Susannah-Two 18th Century Virginia Women and Their Property

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Sarah and Susannah-Two 18th Century Virginia Women and Their Property - ( NEW !) - This presentation discusses the will of a 18th century Vi...

Creating Families from Pre-1850 Census Records-Recorded Webinar

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Creating Families from Pre-1850 Census Records - ( NEW !) - This presentation discusses how to analyze pre-1850 census records in order to d...
15 December 2011

Pre-1850 Census and 18th Century Virginia Women Webinars

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We have two webinars tomorrow-16 Dec-sign up for both today for only $10. Registrants after 6 AM tomorrow CST will get recorded version--not...

Bedspread Bear

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This is a bear that was made about 7 or 8 years ago from a chenille bedspread that belonged to my Grandmother Ida (Trautvetter) Neill (191...
14 December 2011

Ancestry.com's SSDI Won't Give Social Security Numbers of People Not Dead Ten Years

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It's old news now, but this is posted on the search page of the Social Security Death Index at Ancestry.com : "Why can’t I see th...

Upcoming Events for December and Recorded Sessions

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Here's a list of upcoming online events for December: December 2012 full-length webinars--pre-1850 Census analysis and Two Virginia W...

Death Benefit Location is Not Death Location

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I'm in a discussion with Ancestry.com over the fact that the trees automatically import the last residence location from the Social Secu...
13 December 2011

Recording of Using "Old Search" at Ancestry.com

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We've uploaded our recorded webinar and PDF handout for "Using the Old Search at Ancestry.com" which was completed today. You...

Ancestry.com Not Displaying Some Social Security Numbers on SSDI

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Ancestry.com (as of 10:53 AM CST today) is displaying some Social Security numbers in its death index, but not all. I haven't played w...

SSDI gone from Rootsweb....

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They pulled the SSDI from Rootsweb, citing "sensitivities" of the nature of the data. The SSDI is still free at FamilySearch. ...
12 December 2011

Old Search Webinar on Ancestry.com

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We've talked about the " old search" on Ancestry.com . That blog post shows you how to get it on your own Ancestry.com site (a...

Register for All 8 Genealogy Fundamental Webinars in December

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We are excited about our short, twenty minute Genealogy Fudamental webinars. Individual registrations are $1.99 each. Register via this li...

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For anyone who is wondering, the purpose of this genealogical blog really is fairly clear: whatever crosses my research path that I feel wor...