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January 30, 2020

Think Outside the Box When Looking for a Ship's Passenger List

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Charlene G. sent Olive Tree Genealogy an email asking about Ships Passenger Lists from Ireland in the 1840s. I think my answer to her que...
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January 27, 2020

Helping African Americans Find Lost Ancestor

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1864 Reciept for Shoes for Slaves The Names of 1.8 Million Emancipated Slaves Are Now Searchable. The Freedman’s Bureau Project a...
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January 25, 2020

Online Search Engines are a Genealogist's Friend

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Diane wrote to Olive Tree Genealogy with this question These 2 ancestors [William and Martha Medcalf] emigrated from Ireland to Ontari...
January 23, 2020

Are You a Taelman/Talma descendant?

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If you descend from Douwe Harmanse Taelman & Dirkje Teunise I have good news. A new book on the family has just been published.   The...
January 22, 2020

RIP Rootsweb Mailing Lists

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As many of my readers most likely already know, the following message was sent from Rootsweb earlier this month. Beginning March 2nd, 202...
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January 20, 2020

Beyond 22: Virtual Record Treasury for Irish history

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Thanks to Gail Dever of Genealogy a la Carte for reporting on " Beyond 22: Ireland's Virtual Record Treasury " The Beyond 2...
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January 18, 2020

Why You Should Check Your Sources Carefully

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This email came to Olive Tree Genealogy from Sam: Hi my name is Sam .. I have a eill [sic] from 1856 for John Calvert... a family chart ...
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January 16, 2020

Finding Meaning in Alphabet Soup

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Kevin asked for help reading and understanding a record My wife's grandfather Carl Gastone Casattas was born 26 Oct 1894 in San Fran...
January 13, 2020

Don't Let Family Lore Confuse You!

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Shannah wrote to ask Olive Tree Genealogy about her Great grandfather William James Twiss I have been trying to find out where m...
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January 11, 2020

Don't Forget Nearby Countries When Searching for a Genealogy Record

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Beth sent the following question to Olive Tree Genealogy: I’m looking for a marriage record John Staehli born in Switzerland 1865, fathe...
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January 9, 2020

New Netherland (NY) Research is Not Simple or Quick

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New Netherland Research is Not Simple or Quick Lois asked a rather convoluted question which does not have a simple answer. Becaus...
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January 7, 2020

I Am My Own Worst Genealogy Enemy

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Five (5) years ago, in October 2014, I messed up big time. I'm only now discovering my error and realizing the mess it has created for...
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January 5, 2020

Interment.net Published 368,000 Cemetery Records in the Month of December 2019

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January 3, 2020, Menifee, CA — Interment.net published 368,107 cemetery records covering 59 cemeteries in 20 US states in the month of Decem...
January 3, 2020

Seeking The Primrose Girls from Galway Ireland to Canada 1853

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The website Irish Central has an intriguing plea for help. " Can you help? Seeking descendants of the 156 Irish “Primrose girls” wh...

Resolving Genealogy Discrepancies in Locations

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Rory asked for clarification on a location: I am reseaching a William Hanley. According to his obituary:  " Mr. Hanley was born on ...
January 1, 2020

Thousands of Newspaper Clippings to Sort!

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Continuing on with our large genealogy research collection, we are now on Stage 3. We've triaged all the boxes into various topics as me...
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December 30, 2019

First World War Archive Shared Online by Museum

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The Royal Air Force Museum , has today launched a new website,  casualtyforms.org , which enables online visitors to explore the Casualty...
December 25, 2019

First Canadian Christmas Carol: T'was In the Moon of Wintertime (Jesous Ahatonhia)

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A few years ago I wrote about this beautiful Huron Christmas Carol. I love it so much I'm bringing it back. It is the first Canadi...
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December 23, 2019

My Surname Christmas Tree

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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays from my surnames to yours!
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December 21, 2019

A Quick Way to Find Out of Print Books

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Annie asked me for help finding a book that is out of print: There is a book, now out of print, that traces my family history back centu...
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