Archives for Nancy Hendrickson

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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More online resources to learn about your revolutionary war ancestors.

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AncestorNews: Search Engine Strategies Premium

For those of you who've read my book, Finding Your Roots Online, you'll know that one of my favorite ancestor-finding tools is a run-of-the-mill search engine. Using search engine "math"—1Boolean operators such as or, + ( which means and) and - (means not)—genealogists can construct complex searches...

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