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AncestorNews: Researcher Beware! At a recent meeting of the TechnoTrees, a group of San Diego genealogists who use personal digital assistants (PDAs), the discussion turned to problems with errors in the federal census or mistakes in census indexing. Several members cited problems even finding a family member in the...
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Halle Berry’s Ancestry Premium
An Oscar-winning actress' mixed heritage includes cousin connections to playwright Tennessee Williams, actor Richard Gere and other famous figures.
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1930 Census Update Premium
The wait is over. The 1930 US census—all 2,667 microfilm rolls of it—is officially open for business. On April 1, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) opened its doors in Washington, DC, and in regional facilities across the country to researchers eager to get their hands on these...
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A new Web site celebrates the 400th anniversary of the first German immigrant's arrival.
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African American family historians can give each other a research boost through a free online genealogy database called AfriQuest.
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Digitized Holocaust-era documents are transferred to the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Ancestry.com Goes Deutsch Premium
The Generations Network makes its first foreign-language site a German one.
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Ins and Outs Premium
Drop an anchor at these two Web sites to search millions of passenger arrival and departure lists.
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400 and Counting Premium
Jamestown, America's first permanent English settlement, celebrates a big anniversary.
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Stephen P. Morse unveils a Gold form for searching Ellis Island databases.
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