Aug 06 2022
When I first started looking at the 1950 U.S. census, I was searching for 110 N. 19th Street in Philadelphia. That was the address for my family that I had diligently researched. It was the address on my sister’s birth certificate. But they were not there. I knew they had moved to a new house …
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Dec 03 2019
The younger generations of our adult children and grandchildren are hooked on video games. Well, I’ve found a game for us, the generation of 50- Plus years, who are readers of this publication. If you were born before the summer of 1940, you will be found on the 1940 US Federal Census. Seeing yourself on …
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Aug 06 2019
Have you heard about webinars? It means web conferencing or a presentation that is transmitted over the Internet. Most webinars offer the listener a way to type in questions for the presenter if it is being watched in real time. Webinars are available for viewing after the initial presentation for varying lengths of time. Many …
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Jul 02 2019
The morning news program just aired a story of an 18-year-old who helps people find their ancestors. He’s been doing it for years. He uses online databases such as Ancestry. com and FamilySearch.org as well as DNA results. He may be unusual for an 18-year-old but he is certainly not unique. Denver is rich in …
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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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Apr 03 2018
Many military records since the Revolutionary War are available to the public. Our government keeps all military records for all past wars (except classified records) at different facilities in the U.S. plus many of these records are available online. Our National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) collects many government records at their Washington D.C. headquarters …
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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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Apr 03 2017
Many beginning family historians focus on their direct ancestors: parents, grandparents, etc. While this is a good beginning, it’s equally important to research collateral relatives. Collateral relatives are all those relatives that you’re not directly descended from, such as cousins, aunts, and uncles. Some genealogists complain that they’re really not that interested in great aunts …
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Feb 23 2017
I’ve taught Beginning Genealogy classes for several years and find that few people who attend these classes are real beginners. On average, people come to Beginning Genealogy after they’ve spent one to five years learning it on their own. They’ve found some records and they’ve found some relatives – but they complain about major brick …
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