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Genealogy Trip to Hawaii - Day Two

This is a continuation of story of my family history related trip to Hawaii for the past two weeks. Our first day was full of meeting “new” cousins and seeing historic sites related to the Dominis family and Queen Lili’uokalani. This next day we checked out of our hotel on Waikiki Beach, Oahu to board a cruise ship to see the islands of Maui, Hawaii and Kauai. This was the vacation part of the trip,…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on July 31, 2010 at 8:36am — No Comments

Isle of Axholme genealogy

If you have Ancestors from the Isle of Axholme (north-west Lincolnshire in England), a very good site is Axholme Ancestry. There's more about it here.

The site actually covers a bit more than the Isle of Axholme itself, and includes south-east Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire as well -- Humberside, in fact. So if you have any ancestors or other relatives… Continue

Added by Steve Hayes on June 10, 2010 at 10:27am — No Comments

WANTED! Family History (aka Genealogy) Research Stories

My new book consists of stories about miracles that

happen while doing family history research--those uplifting occasions when you realize you've received help from beyond the veil finding vital information.

Wonderful things happen with family history and I feel many people around the world will enjoy reading about them.

If you’d like me to consider your story for inclusion in this book, please email me at xtrafam@yahoo.com as soon as…

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Added by Anne Bradshaw on May 3, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Echeverrias in the Gold Rush

My 3rd great-grandparents Teofilo Estolano Echeverria and Jesus Gertrudis Lebrija are my most-traveled ancestors so far.

I have him in 1844 in Baja California as possibly some kind of government employee -… Continue

Added by Patricia Aceves Wyble on April 24, 2010 at 12:53am — No Comments

ORPHAN PHOTOS

Memorable Family Treasures

One of the nicest gifts that our families can leave us is pictures of themselves, places they have been and other family members, such as group photos. Sometimes all three are in one photograph.

How many pictures do you possess that do not have a name, date or a place written on the back of the photo? If your family is like my family, you probably have quite a few. I inherited a boxful of such pictures. Some of the faces are familiar, some I… Continue

Added by Linda Tuchten Forest on March 18, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Your Family History Research: What’s Holding You Back?

"What have you been putting off and what…

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Added by Lynn Palermo on February 11, 2010 at 4:31pm — No Comments

Getting back into the swing of things...

Grad school began in September and my life has been a blur since then. The school year also began in September for my kids and since I homeschool meant more work for me as well. I also worked on developing two courses for the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (www.genealogicalstudies.com). Both should be complete in the next couple of months, I hope. So, with all of this and the normal day to day responsibilities (housework, playing… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on December 28, 2009 at 4:13pm — 5 Comments

Internet Archives - audio, video, texts & more!

It’s Christmas eve day, and its snowing here in Dallas, so everyone is just huddled indoors trying to stay warm, and enjoying being in the company of family... which always sets me to thinking about my ancestors and genealogy, of course.

Since the presents are all wrapped, and its just a countdown to Santa, I’ll go ahead and write about another site for finding family stories online, and we’ll call it my Christmas present to you :)

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Added by tami osmer glatz on December 24, 2009 at 5:01pm — No Comments

WorldCat and Online Special Collections

Every third Thursday I give a presentation in SecondLife. December’s discussion was part two of Finding Your Family Stories Online, with an emphasis on using Special Collections that are available online. While last month’s topic focused on digitized texts, part two focused on finding all sorts of other treasures – photographs, letters, oral histories, sound recordings, videos... the kinds of things that can add color… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on December 24, 2009 at 1:47pm — No Comments

A Lesson in Writing a Narrative Family History

If you are ready to start writing your family history book but not sure how to turn your research into an interesting life story then I have some tips to get you started. How do you write a descriptive, creative, narrative story about your relatives when all you have is a list of dry facts and documents to draw on? How do you turn your facts into a story about an individual you never met?

Believe or not before you begin writing your family history, I am going to suggest more… Continue

Added by Lynn Palermo on December 16, 2009 at 8:54am — 2 Comments

Searching for an occupational surname, eg Miller, Farmer or Potter

The following article is reprinted from "Facts & Genes"

The ancestral country for your surname is England. Looking at a surname distribution map, based on the 1881 census, shows your surname present in every county except 2, and a concentration in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and London. The fact that the surname found in almost every county, plus the fact that there are over 17,000 persons with the surname in the 1881 census for England and Wales, indicates that this is a multiple… Continue

Added by William Douglas on October 27, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

Where to Find Obituaries Online - and hopefully for Free

Its worth the effort to locate an obituary when you can, and, as always, my favorite place to start looking is online. Ancestry.com has quite an assortment of obituary indexes, as well as newspaper archives available, but not everyone is fortunate enough to have a subscription. So I’ve tried to dig up as many free sources as I can - and I've personally had good luck with several of these sites!…

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Added by tami osmer glatz on October 7, 2009 at 7:02am — 1 Comment

What 15 Minutes Can Get You

With a full-time job and other obligations I find it hard to keep up with my genealogy research. So I've decided to spend at least 15 minutes a day doing some type of research or organization of my research. Tonight I opened up my Family Tree Maker software and focused on my third great grandfather Jacob Ruffing. Within ten minutes I struck upon a copy of his obituary courtesy of another user of Ancestry. I am totally stoked! The obit is posted below for your viewing pleasure.…

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Added by Sandra L Ruffing on September 29, 2009 at 7:54am — 1 Comment

Family History Company ‘Teaches Old Dogs New Tricks’

Techniques and Technology Have Changed the Face of Family History

When you look inside your family, you look inside yourself. Family history research is a wonderful way to discover a past that can help you understand the present and plan for the future.

There are few hard and fast rules about family history research. Your research… Continue

Added by Holly T. Hansen on September 4, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Archaeology and Family History

When I introduce myself as an archaeologist I generally find that people make assumptions about what that actually means. For a start I get asked about what I’ve been digging up lately and have to explain that not all archaeologists dig. I have (or should I say had?) a desk job. On top of that there is the problem of what period do archaeologists actually cover? We don’t cover dinosaurs, not in the slightest. Archaeology is all about the study of man and as yet no one has found any evidence to… Continue

Added by Sarah MacLean on August 15, 2009 at 7:17am — 6 Comments

Researching Your Foreign Ancestors - Online & Elsewhere

It can be a bit disheartening when you start chasing a family line, and you soon find yourself in a foreign country, like Denmark, Italy or Czechoslovakia (Or perhaps the US is a foreign country for you!) What do you do next? How can you further your family research if you can’t afford a trip overseas and you don’t speak the language?

Well believe it or not, you actually have several options. They all involve a little work, mind you - nothing quite so simple as typing your name into… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on August 14, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Nightmares About Genealogy

FH for GenyWise.doc

Added by Unknown Ancestor on August 13, 2009 at 11:50pm — 2 Comments

For My Grandparents

One aspect of my life that sometimes makes me sad is that I didn't know either set of grandparents very well. My paternal grandparents were both born and raised in a small New York town. They moved out to California after all three of their children had settled here. They moved to a small farm in Paradise and then when they could no longer keep up with the farm, they moved to Chico where they both died. My paternal grandmother died 24 Apr 1990, a day shy of her birthday. I was in seventh grade.… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on August 6, 2009 at 9:34pm — 1 Comment

The DAR and My Next Move...

As some of you know, one of my major genealogy goals is to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). A few weeks ago I requested a Patriot Lookup for my ancestor Martin Graves, to see if he was already a recognized patriot. Within days I had received an email stating that Martin Graves had indeed been recognized by the DAR. A few weeks ago I faxed off the request for a copy of the original application. After weeks of waiting for a copy of the application, checking the… Continue

Added by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on August 6, 2009 at 9:22pm — 5 Comments