AncestorNews: Digital Camera Web Sites Premium
I've been a photo buff since I was a kid. I used my first 35mm camera on a trip to Alaska when I was 15. Since then I've owned a half-dozen or so good cameras and have always been the family's designated photographer. When digitals hit the scene, I...
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When I was in North Carolina a few months ago, my friend David Cortner and I talked about accessing cemeteries that are on private land. He has a Tennessee ancestor buried on a private farm, and wondered if he could get access. I didn't realize it at the time...
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AncestorNews: For Sale Eileen Holt of Howard Lake, Minn., and Susan Dunlap of Perris, Calif., want to share their antique Valentine cards with you. To view the cards, visit https://www.familytreemagazine.com/ancestornews/current.html. Eileen Holt wrote: "I read your article last week. It prompted me to go get the...
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Genealogical Library Master Catalog combs the contents of 18 major libraries from your desktop.
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AncestorNews: Free Lookups Premium
While searching for marriage records, I ran across a great source of free lookups on Ancestral Findings at www.ancestralfindings.com. This site offers free lookups of marriage, birth, death, immigration, land, military and census records in dozens of different resources. I immediately clicked on the marriage category and...
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I made the unfortunate discovery that I'm not quite as organized as I thought when my sister wanted to create a scrapbook page of our grandparents' wedding day. I knew Aunt Helen had sent me a copy of Grandma and Grandpa's wedding certificate, but it had arrived on a...
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AncestorNews: Finding People Premium
Most of us think about using the Internet to find ancestors, not living family. However, some of the most heartfelt family stories I've heard of involve the reuniting of living family members. Families can lose track of one another through many circumstances. Sometimes death or divorce causes children to be...
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AncestorNews: GPS Genealogy Premium
While on my recent Northern Plains adventure, I took along mapping software and a handheld GPS unit. A GPS is a palm-sized gizmo that uses satellites to tell you exactly where on earth you're located. Hikers can use a GPS to electronically mark their trail, then turn around and...
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AncestorNews: Genealogical Freebies Premium
Free online data is usually available thanks to the kindness and hard work of individual volunteers. One of the best examples of volunteerism at work is USGenWeb www.usgenweb.com, a massive site with individual pages for every U.S. county— all maintained by volunteers. Goodies vary per county, but...
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AncestorNews: Obituaries Revisited Premium
Not too long ago my Aunt Helen sent me the obituary of my great-great-grandfather, Stephen Snow. I was amazed at the wealth of information it contained. In part, the obituary told the story of his coming to Missouri from North Carolina as a young boy, and mentioned the family...
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