Many new family researchers insist that their surname has always been spelled the “correct” way – just as they spell it today. Because they hold fast to that belief, they often miss records of their ancestors.
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Feb 03 2014
What Type of Genealogy DNA Test Should Be Considered?
DNA genealogy tests have progressed in the last five years since the first genetic genealogy home test introduction in 2000. Starting with a basic 12 marker male test in 2000, an ancestor correlation going back to twelve generations could be established with about 50% accuracy. Today, there are 111 male markers with over 95% accuracy …
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Feb 03 2014
Land, Lots of Land
America was rich in land. It was the land of milk and honey. It was the land of opportunity. Land was the most important draw for immigrants coming from a world where land was owned only by the rich and noble. For over 275 years, from 1620 to 1900, land was available at a relatively …
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Jan 05 2014
Is It Online?
The most common question I’m asked these days is, “Is it online?” And amazingly enough, it certainly may be online. Since 2004, when the first every name index to family members in censuses from 1850 onward was posted by Ancestry.com, we’ve come a long way in just 10 years. Ancestry.com has continued to add amazing …
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Dec 10 2013
Naturalization Records Can Trace Your Ancestors!
Becoming an American citizen was a very big event in our ancestors’ lives, and finding the records that document that event can be a very rewarding event in a genealogist’s life. However, naturalization records are not always easy to locate. This is because before 1906, the naturalization process was not standardized. Although the process varied …
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Dec 10 2013
Breathing Life into our Ancestors
We have the names of our ancestors and we have the dates of their birth, marriage and death. We may know that they owned a farm, had ten children, and lived in a particular town, county, and state. Then we’re stumped. We want to know what kind of person he was. Was he a successful …
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Dec 10 2013
Finding the Unexpected
When you are looking at a marriage record, you expect to find the names of the bride and groom, the county and state issuing the marriage license and the name of the person performing the ceremony. Perhaps you may also find the names of witnesses. But a family researcher was surprised by the handwritten note …
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Dec 10 2013
Remember When …
My friend and I were talking about how fast the summer had flown by and she mentioned how much she used to enjoy family trips to a watermelon stand when she was a child. There were long tables spread out beside a country road and big washtubs filled with ice and watermelons. Her whole family …
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