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My Favorite Links
There have been times I’ve found pages were missing from the FamilySearch online records but they were here.
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Free Research Consultations at FamilySearch
In 2024, I volunteered as a consultant during RootsTech, but FamilySearch does them year-round.
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Grave locator for Veterans
In 2021, I saw an announcement that the U.S.
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Local Genealogical Records
I wrote about all the information I found out about Milton Petty when I researched the location. I had a similar experience when I researched Charles…
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Surname Distribution Map
Olga Gherardi was born in the city of Naples, and while I had the stato di famiglia for decades, I hadn’t learned much about the family.
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Getting a Newbie Started
When my sister became interested in family history, she called me and wanted to do some research on our biological father’s side.
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Brookline, New Hampshire Historical Society
When researching, I often contact the local historical society.
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Reading Lousy Handwriting aka Paleography
There was a great article published on 17 April 2021, but most of the links are now broken, or I get warnings when I try to go to them.
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Check Out Google Books
Online books are another source of information about our families.
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Which Free Program to Use?
I recommend you have a copy of your genealogy research that only you can edit.
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Wildcard Searching *
The developers at FamilySearch made their search very intuitive.
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Deeds
When I get a request for information about a home, I start by going to the town’s website where they list the properties, who owns them, tax…
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