Mar 05 2019
When I first got started in genealogy, I was told that county histories were not to be trusted. They were described as “brag books,” used to describe leading citizens in the county at the time the publication was printed. County histories flourished between the centennial year of 1876 and 1890 and are often four or …
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Nov 06 2018
I’m going out on a limb here and say that you are still having trouble finding your ancestors on Ancestry.com. I know, you’ve searched and searched, and finally come to the conclusion that they must have been out of town when the census taker came to call. So I’m going to state for you ‘Carol’s …
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Sep 04 2018
The answer is not a simple one and it depends on what your goals are. If you want to share your family history with your extended family, you can create a scrapbook with documents such as birth and death certificates, published obituaries, and family pictures. You can add paragraphs describing the significance of the documents …
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Mar 06 2018
As genealogists, we love to dig into our family history. What about the history of your house? My neighborhood was built in 1955 and offered Korean War veterans a three-bedroom house for a down payment of just one dollar. The floor-plan offered space for growing families although electrical outlets were limited. The builders never imagined …
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Feb 06 2018
Where are you in your interest in genealogy? Perhaps taking a DNA test has sparked your interest. To be successful in understanding the results of your DNA test, you need to create a family tree to submit with your test – or after you receive the results. This is important because when we’re searching for …
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Dec 05 2017
If you are a family historian – whether you are a beginner or an expert – I have an assignment for you. Write or create something you could give as a gift for the holidays. It could be a scrapbook, or a journal, or a transcription of letters from an ancestor, or a page on …
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Nov 07 2017
Genealogists are often seen as older people who are familiar with history and use records that end with the 1940 census. When a Millennial, someone born between the early 1980s and 1995, comes to us and asks us to ‘find their family,’ we may not have the answer. Millennials born in 1982 are 35 years …
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Oct 02 2017
By Carol Darrow Is your computer your enemy or your friend? Do you use your computer for just reading and sending emails or just playing games? I want to take this opportunity to tell you that you live in amazing times. You have the world of information at your fingertips – and that includes for …
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Sep 05 2017
By Carol Darrow The best starting place for your search for ancestors is Ancestry.com. It’s available for free to use at Denver, Aurora, Westminster and Jefferson County public libraries as well as at the microfilm reading room at the National Archives located on Huron St. one half mile west of I-25 and Hwy 7 north …
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May 04 2017
Each element of genealogy, whether census records, land records or probate records, require learning about how and when these records were created, who created them and what exactly was included in those records. A probate process is used to determine how a property will be administered and distributed after a person’s death. If there is …
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