AncestorNews: Readers’ Memory Gardens Premium
Thanks to everyone who wrote about their memory gardens. I had no idea these "family" gardens were so popular. I hope these notes from readers give you as many ideas for memory gardens as they gave me. Renee' A Karas of Colorado wrote about how she plants flowers to...
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AncestorNews: Readers Respond on Family Mementos Premium
AncestorNews readers share stories of their own family heirlooms.
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AncestorNews: Readers’ Hometown Stories Premium
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my hometown, St. Joseph, Mo., and asked you to tell me what your special hometowns were and why. Several of you responded with tales of towns in your family histories. Thanks to Shannon Cooper who wrote about her favorite hometowns: "I really...
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AncestorNews: Brick Wall Strategies Premium
I'm frustrated. As readers of this column know, I've been on a tear of late, trying to break down my Hendrickson brick wall. A recent trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City yielded a few clues from journal articles (in publications such as Kentucky Ancestors and...
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AncestorNews: Googling Family Premium
Not long ago I helped a friend trace her family tree. After writing down some basic information, I went online and searched the "usual suspects." I began my search on the databases of FamilySearch at www.familysearch.com and the WorldConnect Project at worldconnect.rootsweb.com. Between the...
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AncestorNews: Remember When? Premium
Time magazine once ran an essay by Garrison Keillor about a European trip he took with his two brothers and a sister. Keillor noted that during the trip the siblings talked about events from their childhood in a way they couldn't have, if non-siblings had been present. And, although they...
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AncestorNews: Finding Homes for Lost Photos Premium
Where to look for (or post) lost family photos
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AncestorNews: Readers’ Family Treasures Premium
Readers share stories about their family heirlooms.
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AncestorNews: Guarding Your Privacy Premium
Protect your privacy online with help from these resources.
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AncestorNews: Sideways Genealogy Premium
I'd like to share a recent breakthrough—one that proves that genealogy puzzles are often solved through less-than-direct methods. I found an ancestor, Aaron Hendrickson, on an 1860 Daviess County, Ind., census. The discovery was puzzling, because most of the family was in another Indiana county—not even a...
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