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Category Archives: Genealogy news
It’s the Little Things!
Yesterday I was out walking just at dawn – it was close to 90 degrees Fahrenheit at 5:30 AM. The sun wasn’t up, but the sky was getting light. I don’t like to walk earlier because I’d prefer not to … Continue reading
Conference Flurry
I can’t think of how else to describe what happens over the summer in the genealogy community. Of course, there are conferences all year long, but the summer is the time of the year with the most long conferences – … Continue reading
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Baby Steps and then a Giant Leap
Like many of you, I get diverted, go off on a tangent, get distracted. It happens. Eleven years ago I wrote my dissertation “In Living Memory.” I always knew that I would use that as the basis for a book. … Continue reading
Networking and Learning
One of the pleasures I experience is to be invited to be a presenter at genealogy conferences and meetings. These virtual and in-person vents are a fantastic way as a speaker or attendee to meet other people obsessive and passionate … Continue reading
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Mon., 27 Aug: Sanok to Rzeszów to Wielopole to Kraków
Today we intended to cover a lot of ground. Quite literally. Although our hotel was close enough to the Sanok archive to walk, we decided to drive. Time was definitely at a premium and there would be very little of … Continue reading
Ever wonder…
…why your female ancestor born in the United States was not a U.S. citizen? The reason goes back to a 1907 US law which removed a woman’s citizenship if she married a non-citizen! This was part of the fall-out of … Continue reading
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News from Ancestry and the Italian Genealogy Group
Today I received an email from John Martino, the Project Coordinator for the Italian Genealogy Group (IGG) that “Ancestry has made arrangements with New York City Municipal Archives to link to their vital records….This was done to promote the records … Continue reading
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Dutch records and resources
Many thanks to Jan Meisels Allen and to Gershon Lehrer for passing on information to her about these resources: Jan pointed out https://www.wiewaswie.nl/ as a site with free access to newspapers in the Netherlands, and then Gershon sent her another … Continue reading
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Researching West Indies?
Some places seem shrouded in mystery – details of residents are inaccessible via the internet, and research often requires hiring costly researchers on the ground, or sending payments to foreign governments or researchers with whom contact is often difficult. Good … Continue reading
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