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Editor's note: In celebration of the release of the 1940 census, this Heritage Hunting column over the next few weeks will concentrate on the genealogical values and pitfalls of using all census records.
Editor's note: In celebration of the release of the 1940 census, the Heritage Hunting column over the next few weeks will concentrate on the genealogical values and pitfalls of using all census records.
Editor's note: In celebration of the release of the 1940 census, the Heritage Hunting column over the next few weeks will concentrate on the genealogical values and pitfalls of using all census records.
In celebration of the release of the 1940 census this Heritage Hunting column over the next few weeks will concentrate on the genealogical values and pitfalls of using all census records.
Editor's note: In celebration of the release of the 1940 census, the next few Heritage Hunting columns will concentrate on the genealogical values and pitfalls of using census records.
Editor's note: In celebration of the release of the 1940 census, the next few Heritage Hunting columns will concentrate on the genealogical values and pitfalls of using census records.
For genealogists, Monday is one of the biggest days of the past 10 years. We finally will get our first peek at the 1940 census.
Family members rebuild relationships left scattered by a wandering patriarch who had four wives.
Genealogists have a special affinity for cemeteries, but our way of showing it might be a little offbeat. Instead of approaching them with reverence and quiet solitude, we tend to celebrate and dance happy little jigs among the tombstones.
Summer school isn't just for kids who performed poorly in the regular term or those who want to get extra credits. It's also for genealogists who want to study their Irish ancestors.
In less than a month, the 1940 United States census will be open to the public.
The call is out for genealogists to unite in a fight to stop identification theft.
Most family historians think of source citations as a sort of bread-crumb trail, designed to help us trace our steps back to where we uncovered documents and tidbits of information.
The Internet went a little wacky a couple of weeks ago, when Congress seemed on the road to considering the Stop Online Piracy Act proposed by Rep. Lamar S. Smith.
Genealogy is getting a double dose of star treatment on television this season.
Few of us remember applying for our Social Security cards, or our parents did it for us, so it might not occur to us that those files hold clues about our heritage.
We'd all like to believe that the family stories we heard at Grandma's knee were sacred truths. None of us wants to believe that our sainted grandmothers would have lied to us.
Keeping ancestors organized is no small task. A logical and universally recognized numbering system is one good way to quickly spot exactly where a person falls in the family scheme.
During the course of genealogical research, we aren't concerned just with where a person fits on the family tree — we also want to put each ancestor into historical perspective.
Wouldn't it be nice if family historians could go to a single website and find links to every conceivable place to search for their roots?
Old family records date back to the 1500s
Was Rosie the Riveter your grandma? Was your grandpa one of the World War II versions of G.I. Joe? Many of that generation no longer are with us. Some of us never even knew those family members or got the opportunity to talk to them about what they did in the war.
Is Santa still looking for that perfect gift for the family historian? I have no doubt that any genealogist would appreciate getting a Flip Pal mobile scanner. It is a truly nifty invention, and I've test run it for most situations a researcher will experience.
Genealogical research trips can be scary. Part of the anxiety is that sometimes we don't even know what we're searching for or if we're in the right place.
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