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Tami osmer glatz's Blog – October 2009 Archive (3)

What is there for genealogists in Second Life?

I have been encouraging folks to join the virtual world website Second Life for genealogy lately, but maybe I haven’t been clear enough on exactly why you might want to do that, and what Second Life has to offer genealogists. As always, I’m just going to go at this based on my own experiences, and not on any particular expertise on the subject.



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One of the main reasons to spend time in Second… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on October 18, 2009 at 7:30pm — 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

2.5 million microfilm digitized by next year!? Here comes the whole iceberg!!

Its been pointed out lately that only 5-10% of all genealogical records are available online, at best. This is so true, and reinforces the idea that genealogists need to get off their computers, and head to the courthouses, the cemeteries and to Aunt Mable's house for a history lesson. Those are valuable and generally really fun things to do anyway, but can be time, energy, and finance consuming. So the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is working to bring all those records to your… Continue

Added by tami osmer glatz on October 3, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

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