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Happy New Year! - Double Dating Explained

No, not the double dating you did in high school when you didn’t have a date for the dance, this is the double dating that shows up in history books and genealogies. If you use a good genealogy data base like Family Tree Maker, your software may actually change or challenge any dates you put in pre- 1752 between January and March 24. Or you may have tried to figure out how to calculate a date during this time period, only to notice that you were off by three months somehow when you finally find… Continue

Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on January 1, 2010 at 4:21pm — No Comments

Parade of States -- online digital genealogy resources -- Colorado

From Colorado State University Libraries 1930 Three female students with chickens

Colorado has developed some respectable online resources including extensive online records in the Colorado State Archives. I have seen almost no links to these resources previously.
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Added by James Tanner on January 1, 2010 at 3:26pm — No Comments

Looking Into 1860 U.S. Federal Census Records

I have just updated my website and moved my online store. Anyone looking for my publication "Looking into the 1860 U.S. Federal Census" will find it in its new location.

If you're not familiar with it, I explain 33 aspects of the 1860 U.S. Federal Census -- plus I provide lots of free inside info on researching!

About Me

An experienced freelance writer and new media specialist, Judy… Continue

Added by Judy Rosella Edwards on January 1, 2010 at 2:20pm — No Comments

January Birthdays

It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in January:

John Johnson, 5x-great-grandfather, born 27 Jan 1783 in North Carolina.

Hiram W. Searcy, 4x-great-grandfather, born 07 Jan 1796 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

Jennie McEntire, 4x-great-grandmother, born 06 Jan 1797 in Burke County, North Carolina.

Rose Anna Haskins, 4x-great-grandmother, born 20 Jan 1797.

Mary Polly Atchley, 4x-great-grandmother, born 11 Jan…

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Added by Tonia Kendrick on January 1, 2010 at 1:41pm — No Comments

What's New on The Genealogy Network?

I posted on Genealogy Wise the inability of late to search ALL NINGs for genealogy related groups. There was a feature that allowed for this early in NING's development that has since passed on so to speak. I've Googled a few sites that were cached and here are the groups that I found, "NINGS genealogy files". If you know of another… Continue

Added by The Genealogy Box on December 31, 2009 at 11:14am — No Comments

Finding out almost anything and everything

When I last checked most of the genealogists I know were also people who had to live and do other things besides genealogy once and a while. But it is still interesting how many things I do every day relate to genealogy in some way or another. One of the notable events of this past year has been the phenomenal increase in my ability to find out things. It started with maps. Google Maps revolutionized the way I find places, not just for genealogy, but going to stores or other locations. Part of… Continue

Added by James Tanner on December 31, 2009 at 9:29am — No Comments

Genealogy Group News Feeds

You may find that genealogy group news feeds now appear on The Genealogy Network Group Ning. One more way the Genealogy Network attempts to make your genealogy reading a breeze! The migration to Grou.ps from NING is complete!

Added by The Genealogy Box on December 31, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Technology in genealogical research has its place

If I am scanning old photographs, newer technology is better. It is faster with higher resolution than just a few years ago. If I am searching census records, the new technology that allows me to view images of the census pages online from my home computer is nearly a miracle compared to searching through miles of microfilm. But technology has its place. Unfortunately, not all researchers realize the limitations of the current technology. For example, I now find people who have searched for… Continue

Added by James Tanner on December 30, 2009 at 10:52pm — No Comments

Getting back into the swing of things...

Grad school began in September and my life has been a blur since then. The school year also began in September for my kids and since I homeschool meant more work for me as well. I also worked on developing two courses for the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (www.genealogicalstudies.com). Both should be complete in the next couple of months, I hope. So, with all of this and the normal day to day responsibilities (housework, playing… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on December 28, 2009 at 4:13pm — 5 Comments

Updates to Early St. Louis Website

Updates from EARLY ST. LOUIS

WHAT'S NEW: December 28, 2009

1. Brief Biographical Sketch of Joseph V. Garnier

2. Obituary of John Hogan - NY Times 06 Feb 1892

3. Brief Biographical Sketch of John Hogan (Postmaster, Congressman & Author)

4. Photo of Bank of St. Louis; Custom House & Post Office

The recent additions are relative to the families of Garnier, Sanguinet, Hogan.

Link to the new additions:… Continue

Added by P. Davidson-Peters on December 28, 2009 at 4:04pm — No Comments

Privacy, Identity Theft and Genealogy -- How real is this concern?

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In this series of posts, I have been exploring common concerns among genealogists about both the privacy of the information they gather and the risk of being a victim to identity theft. Although there are real concerns in both areas, the media has hyped these topics to the point of gross exaggeration. What we do in our homes and with our family, are for the most part "private" in the classical sense. But anything we do in the public, buying, selling, traveling, working, etc.… Continue

Added by James Tanner on December 28, 2009 at 8:28am — No Comments

Privacy, Identity Theft and Genealogy -- More on Identity Theft

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In the past few posts I have been commenting on the fact that privacy and identity theft are both real concerns, albeit not nearly so important as the media would have you believe. Given the reality of the criminal activities included in the umbrella term "identity theft," it turns out that the danger of having your identity stolen, posed by sharing genealogical information, even online, is vanishingly small despite the reportedly large number of instances. Also, in the… Continue

Added by James Tanner on December 27, 2009 at 8:47pm — No Comments

Newest updates on FamilySearch's Record Search

In the December 24, 2009 update, Record Search added a number of new collections; Washington State County Marriages from 1858 to 1950, England Cheshire Parish records from 1538 to 2000, Cheshire Bishops' Transcripts fro 1598 to 1900 and Germany, Baden, Boondorf Church Book Duplicates from 1810 to 1869. The following collections were also updated; Brazil, Catholic Church Records, Florida State Census for 1935 and 1945, England, Cheshire Non-conformist records from 1671 to 1900 and the 1920… Continue

Added by James Tanner on December 27, 2009 at 6:22pm — No Comments

Que ha sido la Genealogia Para Mi

Que ha sido la Genealogia Para Mi

Para espesar no se escribir, espero hacerme entender, si supiera, estaría escribiendo sobre la genealogía de mis ancestros, ya que estos últimos 10 años he estado estudiando, y a sido mi vida , donde encontré cera de 600 ancestros, y además muchos de sus descendientes cerca de 1500 hasta el año de 1880, que es hasta donde se puede estudiara en Internet, en http://familysearch.org para mi fue un trabajo porque me la… Continue

Added by Salvador Cabral Valdes on December 27, 2009 at 3:06pm — No Comments

Yes,Virgina There IS A Santa Clause

This was my Milwaukee Journal Sentinal on Christmas Eve and I thought I'd post it and remind everyone of their childhood beleifs.

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Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other… Continue

Added by Leeann Boone on December 26, 2009 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Internet Archives - audio, video, texts & more!

It’s Christmas eve day, and its snowing here in Dallas, so everyone is just huddled indoors trying to stay warm, and enjoying being in the company of family... which always sets me to thinking about my ancestors and genealogy, of course.

Since the presents are all wrapped, and its just a countdown to Santa, I’ll go ahead and write about another site for finding family stories online, and we’ll call it my Christmas present to you :)

Internet… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on December 24, 2009 at 5:01pm — No Comments

WorldCat and Online Special Collections

Every third Thursday I give a presentation in SecondLife. December’s discussion was part two of Finding Your Family Stories Online, with an emphasis on using Special Collections that are available online. While last month’s topic focused on digitized texts, part two focused on finding all sorts of other treasures – photographs, letters, oral histories, sound recordings, videos... the kinds of things that can add color… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on December 24, 2009 at 1:47pm — No Comments

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

I hope everyone enjoys this Christmas season, and has a healthy and happy New Year's day! Don't watch too much football, it's not good for you! LOL.

Added by Spivey on December 24, 2009 at 11:09am — No Comments

Privacy, Identity Theft and Genealogy -- Privacy worries

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In the last two posts I have discussed identity theft and privacy, two concerns of genealogists working with today's interconnected technology. Privacy is a difficult topic because there are so many aspects to the issue, from personal privacy in daily life, to whether or not banks and other financial institutions can see your personal financial records. Genealogists research families and therefore often encounter personal, private, sensitive topics and information. The main… Continue

Added by James Tanner on December 24, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments