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Family Tree Magazine delivers tools, tips and leads right to your door. Get a preview of this issue's contents—and access hyperlinks to featured Web sites—in the section below. To read the full stories, look for Family Tree Magazine on newsstands or order online.
Stories in our May 2008 issue include:
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FEATURES
Desperately Seeking Surnames Citizen Gain The Weather Report Clearly Canadian Hometown Advantage COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
Branching Out State Research Guides The Toolkit Out on a Limb Making Connections History Matters Now What? Preserving Memories Brick Wall Busters Everything's Relative Uprooted
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Our complete guide to last names explains how to uncover their meanings, trace their origins and learn more through surname studies and societies. Plus: Don't fall for fake surname histories! By Nancy Hendrickson
Finding your ancestors' naturalization records can pay big research dividends. We explain how to retrace your relatives' path to citizenship. Plus: A PDF timeline of naturalization laws. By Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
Wondering why your kin quit farming or moved away from the coast? Perhaps the answer lies in these 10 life-altering weather events. By Maureen A. Taylor
From Alberta to the Yukon, jump-start your genealogical quest with our Canadian research guide. By Lisa A. Alzo
Follow these seven strategies for studying ancestral places to give yourself a genealogical edge. By Rick Crume
What's new in discovering, preserving and celebrating your family history: • One community's effort to save an endangered cemetery • Periodical Source Index update • Past passports on Ancestry.com • World Vital Records' global expansion. By Diane Haddad
Trace your roots across the USA! Our pullout guides are perfect for stashing in your research binder or toting to the library—quickly access the essential facts, advice and resources you need to find your family anywhere in the country. In this issue:
Reviews and roundups of the latest, greatest family history resources: • tips for tagging and searching digital photos • a genealogist's guide to print-on-demand publishing • GeneTree Web site review • the Book Report. Edited by Allison Stacy
State guides go digital. By Allison Stacy
Readers respond to Family Tree Magazine.
Jarring developments. By David A. Fryxell
Our experts answer your questions about railroad records and ancestral incarcerations.
Secrets to saving dear diaries. Plus: How to make a protective book box. By Grace Dobush
Is this ancestor actually American Indian? By Maureen A. Taylor
Tales from the lighter side of family history.
Test your genealogy IQ on Robert Frost's family tree. By Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
