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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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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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Out of 307,198,154 Americans, how many share your name?

Using the latest U.S. Census as its base, HowManyofMe.com searches first and last names to reveal how many other Americans share those names. Once...
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Got Mayflower ancestors?

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In July of 1620, Leiden Separatists embarked from Holland on the ship, The Speedwell, to take them to Southamptom, England, to join up with other...
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What can the 1930 U.S. Census tell me? Try researching FREE this month.

"footnote.com is offering FREE access to the 1930 United States Federal Census for the entire month of August....
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Genealogy 101: Using the Social Security Death Index

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Genealogy 101: The New York State Census

Colonial records are scattered at best but once you get into the 1800s more and more records are available for...
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Website allows free search of more than 10,258,000 old New York State historical newspaper pages

Normal 0 Normal 0 If your ancestors were from New York State, the Fulton, [Oswego County] website,...
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Genealogy 101: Packing a research bag

Keeping a research bag stocked with a few basic items makes researching easier and ready to go on a moment’s notice. Here are a few...
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Albany’s Family History Center offers free help to researchers

The Family History Center, located at 411 Loudonville Road [Route 9] in Loudonville is a branch of The Salt Lake City Family History of The Church of...
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