Apr 12 2021
Changing the Narrative Director Janine Vanderburg and the Denver Public Library hosted a webinar on age discrimination in March. Janine interviewed book author Elizabeth White, a Harvard MBA graduate, aging solutions advocate, blogger, TedTalks speaker, and lecturer, on her 2019 book, “55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal.” Elizabeth discussed workplace age discrimination and the financial vulnerability …
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Mar 10 2021
Is your computer your enemy or your friend? Do you use your computer just for reading e-books, watching movies and sending emails? 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 genealogy research. Even if …
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Nov 03 2020
As the fall and winter months come on, you may have more time to work on genealogy, explore new websites and write up the stories of your ancestors that you have been ‘too busy’ to create. I want to remind you of the many opportunities available to you through ZOOM meetings throughout the U.S. Locally, …
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Oct 06 2020
As we go into the fall and winter, we will have more time to expand our research and our writing. Here are just a few of the opportunities available to you. During the Covid-19 emergency, Denver Public Library is offering free access from your home to Ancestry Library Edition which is the same as the …
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May 05 2020
The Denver Public Library – www.denverlibrary.org, College Hill Library in Westminster, Jefferson County Library and apparently every library in between is allowing access to Ancestry Library Edition (that’s the Worldwide edition) for FREE from HOME. Just log on to www.denverlibrary.org, click on the Research Tab, Databases A-Z, then down the list to Ancestry Library Edition …
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Jun 04 2019
Your hometown is the place which holds countless happy memories of your childhood. It may be where you grew up or where you visited your grandparents, aunts and uncles. Family history researchers love to explore how their family came to live there, why they chose that place, what their occupations were, and why they continued …
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Feb 05 2019
Whether it’s a trip to Denver Public Library, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City or to the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast, Ireland, taking a research trip is one of the most exciting parts of the genealogy experience. While the Internet has brought many records into our homes, there are …
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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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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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Jan 03 2017
With holiday gatherings in full swing, now is a great time to interview witnesses. Ask the people around the table what they remember about the old farm or the house in the big city where they lived. How, exactly, did they meet their spouse? How long was the courtship? Why did they decide to elope? …
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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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