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  1. LitvakSIG is Participating in the 33rd Annual IAJGS Conference

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    / April 24, 2013 / Leave a comment
    Thank you to Eden Joachim, President of LitvakSIG, for this announcement.  LitvakSIG is the Special Interest Group (SIG) devoted to Lithuanian (Litvak) – Jewish genealogy, heritage and family history. Our website is www.litvaksig.org.  Our All Lithuania Database (ALD) containing 1.2 million records is freely searchable, as is our Shtetl Database. Our website has...
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    Family History Centers: Billions of Genealogical Records Are Closer Than You Think

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    / April 15, 2013 / 2 Comments
    Many of us have dreamed of making our way to the amazing Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. With genealogical records on more than 3 billion individuals this family history center hosts the largest collection of its kind found anywhere in the world. But what many of us don’t...
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    Ancestry for Free: Genealogy Research Sites That Don’t Cost a Dime

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    / April 5, 2013 / 15 Comments
    Can you really research your ancestry for free? Yes you can! Most seasoned genealogists know that there are an ever growing number of free family history resources online–but it is easy for beginners to get overwhelmed trying to find quality resources and end up turning to just one or two...
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    Researching Female Ancestors: Challenges and Resources

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    / March 15, 2013 / Leave a comment
    The dictionary tells us that being invisible is being inconspicuous, unobtrusive, and unnoticeable. From a researcher’s point of view, tracing the life movements of invisible women creates many challenges. In the Preface to Notable American Women, editors Janet and Edward James said, “Biographies of women, especially little-known ones, pose special...
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    How Wildcard Searches Can Uncover Ancestors

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    / March 7, 2013 / Leave a comment
    Thank you to Bob Vornocker for this guest post. A recent German Genealogy Group experience with creating an on-line index for the records of Most Holy Trinity Church in New York, in its early days a German parish, has prompted me to write this update to an article originally published by...
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    A One-Name Study of the Surname Featherstone

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    / February 27, 2013 / 2 Comments
    Thank you to W Paul Featherstone for sharing his one-name study.  It began back in 1995 when I was given my Featherstone lineage back to the 1500s by another researcher, also a Featherstone, who had studied and produced around 20 odd trees just involving North and East Yorkshire. Her sources...
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    Appreciating Our Ancestor’s Education & Controlling an eBay Habit

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    / February 15, 2013 / 6 Comments
    Photo Caption: Jodi’s recent class photo purchases (stop her before she buys again!) I have a problem. That’s the first step to recovery right? I am addicted to purchasing old class photos. To help myself I have given up eBay for Lent (I can hear the share price dropping as...
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    Tidbit: Today in MacAlister History

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    / February 13, 2013 / Leave a comment
    Thank you to Lynn McAlister for sharing her blog with us: Today in MacAlister History. About the Blog: The Scottish (& Irish) MacAlister clan has participated in historical events great and small since they originated as a branch of the Clan Donald in the 13th century. As as a relatively small...
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    What is the Best Way to Uncover Details About Our Ancestors?

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    / February 12, 2013 / Leave a comment
    Thanks to Kiki Corbin for sharing one of our first genealogy tidbits. Kiki says: “I have traced my Corbin family back to the 1400′s after many years of research. I was only able to trace my Angelakis family back 4 generations, which also took many years. Now I’d like to...
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    You are Number One on the Pedigree Chart

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    / February 12, 2013 / 1 Comment
    The Pedigree or Ancestral Chart is a summary of your family at a glance.  It contains basic information about each maternal and paternal generation of your family.  Whether you are just beginning your family history or reviewing your research, your pedigree chart is the guide to your family tree. For...
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