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19th Century Photo Types: A Breakdown to Help You Date Old Family Pictures

This post was contributed by Crestleaf. If you’re a passionate family history buff like us, everyone from your mother to your Great Aunt Sally knows that they can pawn off boxes of old family photos for you to peruse to your heart’s content. Sifting through vintage photos can be a family historian’s dream, that is, until you find …

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Genealogy Glossary: Confusing Research Terms and Their Meanings

Family history research is full of terms that you may never have encountered before you began constructing your tree. Every genealogist, no matter how experienced, will find themselves pulling out the dictionary as they dig deeper into history. One of our favorite resources to draw from when encountering a word or phrase that we have not heard before is …

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