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February 2014 Blog Posts (8)

Genealogy Glossary ENGLISH - NORWEGIAN

Genealogy glossary – fra ENGELSK til  NORSK (the most commonly used words)



Add = Legg til nye opplysninger, tilføy

Affiliation = Tilhørighet

Alternate name = «Også kjent som ... »

Agreement = Avtale

Album = Bildealbum

Ancestors = Forfedre

Assistance =…

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Added by Cathrine Apelseth-Aanensen on February 28, 2014 at 2:24am — No Comments

Elizabeth HIGGINS daughter of Richard and Mary HIGGINS

This is a picture of Henry Huffman later HOFFMAN and wife Elizabeth HIGGINS.

You can read about the HIGGINS line on this blog…

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Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on February 26, 2014 at 11:16pm — 1 Comment

MyHeritage and BillionGraves team up to digitally preserve the world's cemeteries

 

 

Groundbreaking multilingual mobile app will power international crowdsourcing initiative…

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Added by Gena Philibert Ortega on February 19, 2014 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Just got an exciting email from a Sheppard cousin in Ireland!

I just want to let you know that not all the Sheppards emigrated. Many of us remained. In fact, we're having a Sheppard family gathering this weekend in Tipperary, just a few short miles from CastleSheppard. CastleSheppard was the home of William Sheppard, the younger brother of Thomas Sheppard.

This weekend gathering coincides with the 100th anniversary of my great-grandfather James Sheppard. We are all there to unveil a memorial to him. Incidentally, my uncle and father are…

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Added by Dave Bates on February 18, 2014 at 11:27am — No Comments

Illinois Cemetery Access Information

 With  high hopes Illinois is being asked to pass this bill that is posted here on Leland Meitzler's blog page.

Illinois Access to Cemeteries Act Filed With the Illinois General Assembly

If it passes one will have access to cemeteries previously some times denied.

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on February 16, 2014 at 7:17pm — No Comments

Is Legacy responsible for incorrect data on the Internet?

For years I have been blaming The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose 'Ancestry' family trees are - or were - notoriously difficult to amend, and hence never were.

This year, Millennia Corporation will be celebrating their 29th year in business, and the 17th year since they first released their Legacy Family Tree genealogy software.

Legacy is a feature-rich package that lets you chart family trees, record details about individuals, and otherwise track your family…

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Added by William Douglas on February 5, 2014 at 2:35pm — 1 Comment

Proud of our history

In a message from His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, on the Occasion of Black History Month, he remind us “Black History Month serves a two-fold purpose: to look back on the achievements and contributions of Black Canadians; and to acknowledge that Black history is Canadian history-inextricably linked to every citizen across the land and essential to Canada's future”.



In December 1995, the Canadian House of…
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Added by Jean-François Dagenais on February 4, 2014 at 7:29pm — No Comments

Chronicle of Our Branch of the Family in North America - Part 1

The current availability of online databases and the mass photocopying of searchable historical documents have led to a renewed interest in genealogy, and it is now much easier to fill in the basic outline of our family trees.

Many are quickly fascinated by the process of slowly leapfrogging back one generation at a time to learn the names of the ancestors who are responsible for our existences today, and the continuity with the past that we establish seems to give our lives an…

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Added by Jean-François Dagenais on February 3, 2014 at 1:15pm — No Comments

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