05-30-2024

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History

10 Historic Weather Events and How They Impacted Your Ancestors

These 10 extreme weather events changed the course of US history. Learn how these events may have affected your ancestor’s lives.

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Don’t Miss This Lecture Hall!

Who doesn’t love traveling? It’s an opportunity to visit sites of your ancestors and conduct great in-person genealogy research! Register today for Researching On Location: Traveling the World Doing Genealogy Research.

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Photos

Best Resolutions for Scanned Photos and Documents

Take the mystery out of the best size for scanned documents. Here’s a quick dpi resolution guide for family photos and other genealogy records.

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Now in Print!

The German Genealogy Cheat Sheet is designed to quickly deliver the information you need to understand the records of your German ancestors.

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Heritage

Prussia’s Territorial Changes: What They Mean (Plus Tools for Tracking Them)

Prussia’s history is rich and dynamic, which can make finding important records difficult for some genealogists. This article offers some resources to help.

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