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Meri has been haunting cemeteries and musty record rooms for as long as she can remember. Happy to share her discoveries through writing, she hopes to inspire others to discover something about their own family's unique history.Email Meri at MeriRees@msn.com

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A Garden Club Trip with a Twist

I recently went on a bus tour with my District Garden Tour to Longfellow's Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts and then on to the New England...
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Union soldier from New York to be laid to rest exactly 147 years after his death

Can you imagine hiking in the woods and finding human bones—human bones that turn out to be those of a New Yorker some 146 years after his...
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Genealogy 101: Interpreting archaic medical terms

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When researching death records you may find yourself scratching your head and wondering, “What the heck is that?” By understanding the...
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Discovering St. Agnes Cemetery's tradition of faith

With Rick Touchette as our guide a small group of us toured the St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands last week. Much of Albany’s history is etched on...
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Reclaiming the past with a clone and a smudge

Normal 0 On a recent trip out west my husband, son and I visited a cousin who lives in his ancestral home located in the same little...
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Genealogy 101: "I Have The Results of My Genetic Genealogy Test, Now What?"

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If you are like me the results of your genetic genealogy test may look as if it was written in Klingon! Blaine...
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Genealogy 101: Volunteer to index genealogical records

If you have 30 minutes here and there for volunteering to index old records on your computer this project may be right up your ally. The process...
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New haplotypes and genealogical records added to the Sorenson mtDNA and Y-chromosome databases.

If you took advantage of the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation's free DNA testing you may want to take a...
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Overdue library book returned after 145 years

Spoils of war are common and often guns, helmets, etc. inscribed with a fallen soldier’s name are seen at auctions and museums. Sometimes the...
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Volunteers to bring historic Swedish Church records online

Family Search announced today that volunteers will soon begin indexing and posting over 418 million names appearing on Swedish Church records. These...
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