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What's APG? GAR? PERSI? ISFHWE? Sort out unfamiliar genealogy acronyms with our insider's guide.

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Cemeteries, Family History Library and Centers, immigration, libraries maps and land records and vital records

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On The Bookshelf • Bringing Your Family History to Life through Social History by Katherine Scott Sturdevant (Betterway Books) • Generations: Your Family in Modern American History by Jim Watts and Allen F. Davis (McGraw-Hill) • Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You by David E. Kyvig and Myron Marty...

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GEDCOM Files: Sharing, Merging, Exporting and More

Here is everything you need to know about GEDCOM files: what they are, how to share them and how to download them.

The Skinny on Scanners

Q I’m in the process of digitizing my family photos, and I have to wonder: Does the type of scanner or software really matter? I am not correcting any of them; they’re going in “as is” because 98 percent are in excellent shape. A Of course, the companies manufacturing such gizmos like to play up […]