Genealogy Record Example: County History

By Rick Crume Premium

Understanding town history documents will shed new light on your ancestors' lives.

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A contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine, Rick Crume specializes in online research, genealogy software, DNA testing and British genealogy.

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