09 December 2014

Getting Rootdig On Your Kindle

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Rootdig.com is "kindle ready" for those who have a Kindle. Amazon does charge a small fee for this service.  Orders may be process...

FamilySearch Updates: US-Freedmen's Bureau Records for GA and KY

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The following databases are showing as updated on FamilySearch since our last update: Georgia, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records...

Buried Across the Ocean Before He Died: An Ancestry.com Leaf Plea

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Ancestry.com's "hint" for my Conrad Haase who died in 1904 in Appanoose Township, Hancock County, Illinois, is a man who was ...

Getting A Birth Range From the Ages

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Ages given in any document can easily be incorrect. That doesn't mean they should not be analyzed. The Civil War pension for Riley Ram...
08 December 2014

FamilySearch Updates: TN Freedmen's Bureau Records, ND 1925 Census, OR County Records

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The following databases are showing as "new or updated" on FamilySearch since our last update: Oregon, Yamhill County Records, 1...

Why Color Matters

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Note : I'm beating the dead horse again on color images for those who are new readers to this blog. There are many documents where g...

Canadian Materials Updated/New on FamilySearch

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The following databases are showing as new/updated on FamilySearch  for Canada since our last update: Nova Scotia Probate Records, 1760-19...

93 Issues of Casefile Clues for $25

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I'm offering 93 issues of Casefile Clues  for $25. Casefile Clues  contains analysis, interpretation and how-to advice based on origin...
07 December 2014

Aldrich the Attorney-in-Fact Gets Forty Acres

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In " Did the Lawyer Use the Facts to Seize the Moment--And the Land ?," we mentioned the fact that an attorney-in-fact for the he...

Wen the Adens are Found

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It is easy to see how this was indexed as "Habbe Wen" on Ancestry.com. It's also easy to see how it can be read as Habbe Ade...
06 December 2014

A Realistic Genealogist's Wish List

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Ancestry.com posted a graphic recently to their Facebook page: I realize it's a wish list, but some of those things just are nev...
05 December 2014

FamilySearch Updates: MI, OR, MN, NE, and DC Materials

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The following databases are showing on FamilySearch as updated or new: Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006 Oregon, Yamhill County Records, 18...

About This Blog-December Reflections

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Every year or so, I think about what I've blogged about and the purpose of this blog. Those who have followed for some time can probabl...
03 December 2014

Did They Know A Comment Was Made on Their Draft Card?

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The instructions for these draft cards are probably online somewhere, but I'm not certain they would even answer the question I have....

CSI-Genealogy 2015

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Registration for CSI-Genealogy 2015 on the campus of Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois continues.  We are offering four classe...

Posted to Ancestry: Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1860-1941

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This database, "  Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1860-1941 ," is showing as "new/updated" on Ancestry.com.  It may have...
02 December 2014

Ekke's Not Native Born

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"...that I am over 21 twenty One year of age native born citizen of the United States." Even though the writing was not the...

FamilySearch Updates: OK, MI, and HI

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The following US databases in FamilySearch  are showing as updated since our last post: Hawaii, Obituaries Index, ca. 1980-present Michi...

Comments in Ekke's Margin

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An affidavit in the 1892 homestead application of Ekke Behrens of Weyerts, Nebraska, makes several good genealogical research points and...
30 November 2014

Stumbling Upon Lubbe and A Migration Chain

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In all honesty, I stumbled upon this record. I was searching for Lubbe Albers in  the Nebraska homestead records on   Ancestry.com .  My s...
29 November 2014

Holiday Webinar Sales

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Give yourself the gift of genealogy education this holiday season. Our $5 genealogy sales are running until 2 December!   Don't wai...

A Santa Claus Letter Documents a Birth Date

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Digital image located on  Genealogybank . . Evidence analysis is all about the perceived reliability of the source and the information ...
28 November 2014

My Blogs and Newsletters

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The following are links to my blogs and newsletters: Genealogy Tip of the Day --one short daily genealogy-related research tip. This usu...

Uriah by Any Other Name Would Still Uriah

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Every so often I come across a transcription that reminds me that sometimes it is necessary to leave out first names (or last names) when q...
27 November 2014

Documenting Migration in Homestead Files

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Affidavits in virtually any record can contain unexpected clues.  This 1887 statement made by Renke Kaiser in the homestead application...