Tag: genealogists

History Of Place Stories To Tell

Carol Cooke Darrow writes Geneology Rocks! column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

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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Millennials

Carol Cooke Darrow writes Geneology Rocks! column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

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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