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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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AncestorNews: Get Organized Premium
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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AncestorNews: GedVisor for Your Palmtop Premium
GedVisor 1.2 is the latest entry in the handheld genealogy game—and by far one of my favorites. Genealogy software for handheld devices (Palms and Visors) is designed to display the names in your family database, along with pertinent dates, events and notes. The advantages of using a handheld...
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AncestorNews: Taking a Genealogy Trip Premium
About a month ago, I wrote a piece for this newsletter called "Patience (Blast It!)," in which I described my difficulty getting a cemetery photograph. I asked readers for their opinion on whether I should wait for a volunteer to get the photo, or drive 2,000...
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Was Manifest Destiny part of your ancestors' fate? We'll take you to the Great Plains and the Rockies to find the best resources for plowing up your frontier roots.
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