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I signed up to take the class on Social Networking for Genealogists.  A couple of days ago, I received Drew Smith's book, Social Networking for Genealogists, and I have already read the first chapter on RSS feeds, and I am off and running.  I have already started my Google Reader page, and have accessed numerous feeds, some genealogy and some political.  I suspect that I will have to live very long to read all of these RSS feeds. 

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Im looking for Rachel Floyd she was born 1806 in Centre Co Pa. and died in Wheatland Barton Co Kansas. Im trying to find out who her parents were. Rachel married John Zeigler in 1830 in Connoquenessing Pa. He was born in 1803 in Baden Germany and died in 1843 in Punxtawney Pa.they had the following children Margaret Zeigler born 1831 in Connoquenessing Pa and married Joseph Wilson Pierce. then there was Braden Zeigler he was born 1834 in Connoquenessing Pa and married Susan Spencer. He is…

While searching for some information on my paternal side I stumbled across a gedcom that had been uploaded on Ancestry.A familiar name caught my eye that was my 2nd great grandfather so upon closer examination of the gedcom I discovered it covered a section of my paternal line all the way back to my 9th great grandfather.We're talking over 400 years and a trip to Scotland and England probably and years worth of research…

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything here and while I have been very busy with work and new clients, I have felt a missing of my creativity and inspiration. It occurred to me over the weekend that the source of my ennui was the recent deaths of 4 people I knew within the time-span of two weeks. These were not old people, peers of my parents, who were battling long illnesses and the gentle creep of old age, but my own peers, (give or take a decade) that left suddenly, with little…

I recently had the honour of putting a family history book together for a friend. Her uncle was turning 80 and this was to be a special gift for him. His sister is edging towards 80 herself and as an aging grandma, was eager to get her memories into a format that would preserve them for her grandchildren and generations yet to come. Their father was a soldier in both world wars. An amazing story in and of itself. He was wounded in WW1 so was not able to go back into the field in WW2.…

Not really sure what to write here, but I guess I will start at the beginning. I have been doing family history research since I was in high school, but I wasn't the least big organized or educated about it. Of course I kick myself now for not having been more methodical then when my grand-parents were still alive. But, going through life feeling regret is no way to get anything done. So, I've just get to nip that in the bud and forge ahead.

I am now 41 years old and definitely have…

My great great grandfather Caleb Rand Bill was a music professor in Salem, Massachusetts before the turn of the 20th century.  Whilst researching his story, I found out about two other early music teachers in Salem, who were both Spanish immigrants.  It is interesting that they became ardent abolitionists around the time of the American Civil War.

Manuel Fenollosa came to Salem from Spain with his brother in law, Manuel Emilio in 1838 on the US navel frigate United States. …

I don't have a blog, rather I operate AncientFaces. I began the website back in 2000 and now it has over 50,000 family photos that were submitted by the genealogy community. I urge everyone to check for photos of their ancestors and to share their own. AncientFaces is 100% free and advertisement supported - so there is never a cost involved!

AncientFaces - Family…

I just added my blog site in my profile here. I tried it and it went there.

http://sharonsfamilyandotherstuff.blogspot.com

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  I am interested in information on Archibald Powell as he relates to the Vannest,Field, Ten Broeck's, Dudley's and Powell's. I have several of Anna Powell Hagaman's letters from the 1920's written to her niece Grace Ann Arnold Powell. She talks alot about family history and has given me many good leads not to mention just good reading material.

 I have a gap I can not fill- who is Archibald's father and mother? And does this line trace back to Thomas Powell of Long…

There has been an ongoing discussion about the “new” NEHGS website at www.americanancestors.org  and on their Facebook group. Lots of folks are having trouble navigating the new search site, and finding their favorite databases.   Actually, this website is no longer new, since it has been around since late last summer.  The way things move so quickly with technology, I wouldn’t be surprised to see additional changes by now at the NEHGS site…