All things related to Genealogy and Family History
Answer the following question and you’ll know which is better, Ancestry DNA or Family Tree DNA? “What is the scope of your research?” You see, each site offers a slightly different menu of choices and both DNA establishments have their own proprietary recipes to he consumed. No pun intended. Well, […]
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Don’t overlook Ancestry City Directories in your research! Here’s how to mine the often mundane data in them like a pro genealogist! Squeezing every last drop of information out of City Directories can be tedious for sure; however, you can make major breakthroughs with what I will show you. Ancestry
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I wanted to share a GENEALOGY tip that I recently discovered. I found the mother lode of free Declaration of Intention and Petition for Naturalization (also in some cases Certificates of Arrival) scans on Family Search! These particular records are for New Haven, Connecticut for the years 1906 – 1945;
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Vexillology is the study of flags! I’ve always loved flags and their design, the colors and the pageantry involved in the symbolism of both state and national flags. Above is a map of the United States, our southern states are colored orange. This article will feature the state flags of the
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Our nation is not very different from other nations around the world in that there are geographic divisions that also represent cultural divisions. Saying “north” or “south” invites a concomitant cultural designation. However, the two are not coterminous. So, which states make up “the South?” We know Yankees come from
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The Battle of New Orleans was a battle fought as the culmination of the War of 1812. The War of 1812 is an interesting conflict in American History because, in many respects, it was an offshoot of the American Revolutionary War in that postwar tensions, as well as the ongoing
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“Home is where the heart is.” Not many sayings are truer than that! The keys to truly understanding the true meaning of that proverb are the words home and heart. What emotions and memories do those words stimulate within you? For me home is my sanctuary. Home is the place
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“Across the Cumberland Gap.” The fall leaves brought forth their majesty, all around the hollows of this changing border town. The winds swept through the clean mountain air, plucking out, one by one, the mustardy-red leaves which annually signaled change. The air was crisp, the farmhouses stood tall. Facing north
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This is the story of Joseph Henry Collins (1817-1865) and his eldest son James Robert Collins (1844-1919). The bio of Joseph Henry Collins below is reproduced, in its entirety with permission, from the following Find A Grave memorial. It is also the story of the Steamer Sultana, the worst maritime
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Stuck trying to figure out how to find Maiden Names in genealogy? Well, let me show you how! In honor of all of our mothers I wanted to share some of my ideas on the importance of our maternal lines and how to find those often difficult maiden names. You
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This is the story of David C Manasco, it is a historical fiction based on my own family history research. Setting the scene: Winston County, Alabama. 1862. It was dark days on the land. Men, women, and neighbors seemed to defy the common good. War had gripped our county, war
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In this article I’m going to share with you my Ultimate Beginners Guide to Professional Genealogy Research Online. In this post I am focusing exclusively on genealogy research online. This is a beginners article designed to help you start organizing, strategizing, blueprinting, and masterminding your genealogy research online, as well
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