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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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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Sep 23 2016
If you’ve been watching “Who Do You Think You Are,” you may be impressed that the expert genealogists find records and trace families back five, six, or seven generations in less than an hour. It can be exciting! But a visit by Joshua Taylor, genealogist and host of the current “Genealogy Roadshow,” let us in …
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