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Future British family history researchers may be puzzled by their early-21st-century ancestors' entry under "religion" on the UK census: "Jedi." According to the CNET news service, a recent e-mail stunt urged Brits to declare themselves members of the "religion" from the Star Wars movies. If enough people wrote...
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Web sites to surf before you make a trip back to the old country: Lonely Planet's Destination Italywww.lonelyplanet.com/dest/eur/ita.htm In Italy Onlinewww.initaly.com Italian Tourist Web Guidewww.itwg.com/home.asp Italy in a Flashwww.italyflash.com ItalyTourwww.italytour.com Navigating Italyguide.windnet.it TravelEuropewww.traveleurope.it/Italy Italy...
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If you've found an ancestor who was infamous, a crook or scoundrel, don't despair over your disgrace: You may qualify for membership in the International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists blacksheep.rootsweb.com. Public knowledge of these black sheep, reasons society flockmaster Jeff Scism, enhances the possibility of finding more...
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Just for the Health of It www.genealogy.com/6_hdhlth.html Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=omim Database that catalogs all known human genes and genetic disorders, providing links to relevant literature. You may need a medical dictionary. Stanley Diamond's Beta-Thalassemia Research Web site www...
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Answers for the beginner, the befuddled and anyone hitting a brick wall.
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Immigration and Naturalization Service History Office, 425 I St. NW Washington, DC 20536 www.ins.usdoj.gov National Archives and Records Administration 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20408 (202) 501-5400 www.nara.gov/genealogy For regional offices' street, e-mail and Web addresses; telephone and fax numbers; and holdings and areas...
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These resources can give you a country of origin for your ancestor who immigrated to the United States before the 1820 law requiring passenger lists
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162 BC Jews victorious over King Antiochus 320 Dec. 25 set as the birthday of Christ by Pope Julius I 490 Advent established as a period of fasting 1561 Christmas trees mentioned for the first time in a printed document 1659 Massachusetts makes Christmas illegal  ...
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