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November 30, 2008

New Jersey Genealogy Records Online

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I wonder how many genealogists know about the terrific New Jersey records online at Olive Tree Genealogy New Jersey Church Records * Ba...
November 29, 2008

Special Deals on Footnote.com

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I thought this was kind of a nice "Christmasy" graphic, and I wanted to share the news that Footnote.com is currently offering sub...
November 27, 2008

Ontario Canada Voter's Lists 1867-1900 ONLINE

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Ontario Voter's Lists 1867-1900 are now online, courtesy of Ancestry.com I took a few minutes to search them this morning for my own an...
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November 26, 2008

Why Passports are Good Genealogy Resources

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What an American Passport Will Tell You Passport applications are often a valuable source of genealogical information. Some immigrants appl...
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November 25, 2008

What's in a Name? I Showed you Mine, Your Turn to Show me Yours!

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I've talked previously about surnames that changed (either deliberately or accidentally) over the years. This makes research into those ...
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November 24, 2008

American Naturalization Records

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Naturalization Records are important genealogical resources but they are often overlooked. They can be confusing, but the website Naturaliza...
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November 22, 2008

A Blog is Just a Blog - or is it?

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Becky Jamison [Mea Culpa! This should be Becky Wiseman] recently posted on her blog about Genealogy old-timers who have been blogging for s...
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November 21, 2008

New Collection of Newspapers From the United States and Canada

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WorldVitalRecords.com announced new additions to its Newspaper collection. The major collection this week includes content from the United S...
November 20, 2008

Christmas Trees by Laurel

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After posting about my organization blitz yesterday, I realized I hadn't shown any photos of the beautiful Christmas Trees my sister-in-...

Christmas Memories

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Yesterday I spent 3 hours sorting and organizing Christmas decorations. I have hundreds, probably enough to decorate 10 trees. I even have a...
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November 19, 2008

Ancestry.ca and FamilySearch Announce Agreement to Digitize and Index Existing Canadian Censuses

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Ancestry.ca, Canada's leading online family history website, is pleased to announce a joint initiative with FamilySearch International ,...
November 18, 2008

November Ancestor Most Wanted - Elizabeth Jamieson nee Shuart (Michigan & Ontario)

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Elizabeth Shuart was born about 1801 in New York or New Jersey. At some time she settled in Upper Canada (present day Ontario) and married J...
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November 15, 2008

Coincidental Genealogy - Owning a Piece of Someone's Life

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Many years ago I bought a book at a local Garage Sale. Inside was the owner's name " Millicent Lynn " and a hand-written genea...
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November 14, 2008

Immigrants to Canada before 1865 now online

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Library and Archives Canada has just added a new searchable database for immigration to Canada before 1865. This is an important set of rec...
November 13, 2008

Civil War Photo Album Fowler Merchant Families

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This is one of my favourite CDVs ( Cartes de Visite ) from the Fowler Merchant Civil War era photo album in my personal collection. It was t...
November 11, 2008

Honouring Ancestors on Remembrance Day

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To honour my ancestors on Remembrance Day, here is a list of those who gave their lives in Wars: My 3rd great-grandfather Levi Peer's br...
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November 10, 2008

When Does the Fun Start?

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The word prompt for the 7th Edition of Smile For The Camera is Oh, Baby! Show us those wonderful family photographs of babies, or those you...
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November 5, 2008

Who can Identify this Mystery Building circa 1870s?

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This is a photo (a CDV or Carte de visite) of a mystery building with a crowd of men and women in front. Some are looking out the windows of...
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November 4, 2008

Canadian War Dead 1914-1918 Vigil

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At sunset November 4th through to sunrise November 11th, http://1914-1918.ca/ will present a vigil commemorating the 68,000 Canadians who l...
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November 3, 2008

Fisk Family Photo Album online

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Here is another Family Photo Album with beautiful cartes de visite and cabinet cards. This album was sent to me in February 2007 by Alfredo...