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Comment by Barbara Bradley Petura on April 12, 2011 at 12:08am

Hi Dianne,

Thanks for posting. Yes, I have used the genealogy search engine Mocavo and defintely believe it is worth using. It gives you more focused results on ancestor searches than some other search engines. Remember to use quotation marks around names to get the best results.

Barbara

Comment by Dianne Reuby on March 28, 2011 at 1:45pm

Anyone else trying Mocavo ? New search engine for genealogy sites - I've found some stuff that may be relevant, but we'll have to give it some time to develop I think.

Comment by Dianne Reuby on March 21, 2011 at 1:27pm

Now this is the sort of thing that makes me want to deny any interest in, involvement with, or knowledge of, genealogy! 

Jimi Hendrix and the Queen are cousins

I find something creepy about Geni anyway - why do they want to prove we're all related?

 

Comment by Mary J. Lohr on February 19, 2011 at 9:41am

The March/April 2011 issue of Family Chronicle has an excellent article "Top Websites to Save You Money!" by Gena Phillibert Ortega.  I found this one particularly useful because it also gave some great ideas for the inevitable travel-related expenses, including lodging and food.  For example, the website Kayak (www.kayak.com)  searches and compares prices at Hotels.com, Travelocity, Priceline, Hotwire, and Expedia.  And Gena suggests couponing  (with good webistes) to further stretch the genealogy budget.  Thanks for the tips, Gena!

Comment by Catherine Davis on February 3, 2011 at 2:46pm

Dianne, I agree.

Comment by Dianne Reuby on February 3, 2011 at 1:45pm

I've looked at WikiTree - but I really don't like the idea of others being able to edit my data. Having had emails in the past along the lines of "Our great-grandfathers were both called X, born in YYYY, we must be related!", I'm wary of adding data that I haven't researched (or checked) myself, certainly wouldn't want someone editing mine. Perhaps I'm paranoid ... :)

Comment by Ann Marie Borgers on December 15, 2010 at 9:43am

Discovered a site about a month ago, www.wikitree.com, similar to Rootsweb that people can upload their .ged files or do each person individually and similar to Wikipedia that you can let others that you trust add/change any information.  And it's totally FREE.  

Comment by Cheryl Capps Roach on November 29, 2010 at 6:26pm

I am all about finding your ancestors for free. After years of genealogy, I have written and published my family history book. Out of a desire to share my research tips for building and verifying your family tree, I recently published my website and blog-www.searchingforgrandfathers.com. You'll find links to all state archives and other free links that I will keep updated. Search my family history book.

Comment by jammie barker on September 17, 2010 at 7:26pm

this site is free to search but copies you have to buy but it helps https://countygovernmentrecords.com/texas/web/

Comment by Michael Baker on July 26, 2010 at 6:05pm

Hi I may be able to help a little since I see some coincidences with my great great grandfather John Edgar Baker.
Eli G Baker came to CT from Madison County, NY, and worked as a farmer in Eastford, he married Jane Henrietta Weeks who came from VT, in Eastford/Pomfret, CT.
Their son John was born in Dec 1858
In 1861 Eli enlisted into the H company of the 7th CT infantry and fought on the union side, until he was captured and killed as a POW, at the siege of Petersburg on Sept 2nd 1864.

The part I cant explain was why Jane left John, but I think abandonment was common during the civil war. I cannot find anything on Jane after 1860 but I did get some stuff on John.

here is my ancestry page on John Edgar Baker.
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5082114/person/-61426462

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