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Ancestry of Cary Elwes

The British actor Cary Elwes has several royal connections in his family tree, as well as being part American.Part of my series "Sexy Blond...
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Lectures announced for the 2012 International Black Genealogy Summit

The 2012 International Black Genealogy Summit will be held at theRadisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown (215 West South Temple;Salt Lake City, Utah...
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Ancestry of Jeremy Bentham

  • Jeremy Bentham
  • February 18, 2012
This page written and copyright 2012 by Will Johnson, wjhonson@aol.com, Professional Genealogist. Originally published at https://sites.google.com...
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Ancestry of Montgomery Clift, Page Two

This is page two of this article, click this link to go back to page one1 Montgomery CliftMontgomery Clift was born in 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska, the...
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What's the big deal about 1890?

It usually does not take long before beginning genealogists discover the usefulness of the U. S. federal census. Not long after this discovery,...
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Ancestry of Vanessa Redgrave

This Knol is part of my series "Celebrity Family Trees" This Knol is part of my series "Entertainment Biographies" This article...
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Are you looking for your ancestors in the right place?

While it is nice when our ancestors stayed in the same place, this was not always the case.They were mobile, though maybe not as mobile as us. They...
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Using the online catalogs of state archives to locate records of interest

As discussed in previous articles, not all records are available online, and not all records are available from the Family History Library. Some...
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Directory of African American genealogical societies

Earlier this year I compiled and published, without announcement, a directory of African American genealogical, historical, and heritage societies...
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A Friend of Friends Friday: Slaves of Nicholas Wilson, Iberville Parish, La.

Many researchers are aware of the need to search for estate inventories and bills of sale when looking for their enslaved ancestors. Another record...
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