Genealogy

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• Best of the Genea-Blogs - November 15-21, 2009

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 596
  Hundreds of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts. My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, ...
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• 19th and 21st Century Culture Clash in Middle America

  
  HistoricalTownMaps Blog — Authority: 92
  My son Tommy and I recently made a surprise visit to see my friend Tim Waggoner and his wife Tami in Fort Madison Iowa.  Tim and Tami recently purchased the Kingsley Inn and Alpha’s restaurant in Fort Madison.  The Waggoners were fabulous hosts, the Inn was immaculate, and the food and service was outstanding.  ...
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• RootsMagic 4 WebSearch Quirk

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 596
  I attended the RootsMagic user group at the Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego meeting on Saturday, led by Pam Journey. I downloaded RootsMagic Version 4.0.7.0 at the meeting to my laptop (a quick download and install), and Pam did also. Pam demonstrated the WebSearch feature of RootsMagic 4 which is one of ...
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• Creating Arrest Records Search With Public Arrest Records

  
  www.IT-Everyday.com — Authority: 154
  It is a lawful obligation of each state to keep track of the police arrest records for future reference of the public. The state of Arizona for example has consolidated their criminal reports through the Criminal History Records where the huge record databases are situated. As instituted by the state officials, ...
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• SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT ~ Ancestry

  
  Learning Curve on the Ecliptic — Authority: 426
  The dear husband noticed me looking bored and blank at the computer, devoid of inspiration. Helpful as always, he invited me to partake of his subscription to Ancestor.com. "Youre part of the family", he reminded me. Yes indeed! Id have been the last of my line if Id tarried in Yorkshire, a childless gal and an only ...
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• THE GREAT AMERICAN LOCAL POET GENEALOGY CHALLENGE DEADLINE NEARS!

  
  West in New England — Authority: 421
  The deadline for entries in The Great American Local Poet Genealogy Challenge is tonight, (Sunday) midnight PST. Its the challenges "last stanza", so dont delay!
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• The view from my corner of the world

  
  100 Years in America — Authority: 110
  As a final tribute to Geography Awareness Week , Ive reposted this article: a look at my personal "view of the world". It originally appeared here at 100 Years in America on March 30, 2008 . It is also one of my favorite contributions to the Carnival of Genealogy , whose participants ( including myself ...
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• Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Who is Your MRUA?

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 596
  Hey, genies, its Saturday Night, time for some Genealogy Fun!! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (wheres my Mission Impossible music...drat, lost it), is: 1) Who is your MRUA - your Most Recent Unknown Ancestor? This is the person with the lowest number in your Pedigree Chart or Ahnentafel ...
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• Electric Screwdrivers

  
  WikiMag — Authority: 152
  Have you ever had to cope with a obstinate screw that just would not go into the material as easily as you wanted? How about one that would not come out for you either? This is annoying as well as time wasting. Power screwdrivers are a great resolution for these issues. They are very effective and inexpensive.
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• Surname Saturday - HILDRETH

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 596
  Its Surname Saturday, and I am working down my Ahnentafel List to highlight each surname in order of appearance. Of course, these lists start with female ancestors and then quickly go to the patrilineal line of those female ancestors. Todays surname is HILDRETH - a fine English name with a long New England ...
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• Surname Saturday: Beeman, Hamrick

  
  Crowe's Nest by Elizabeth Powell Crowe — Authority: 121
  My grandmother, Flora Geneva Beeman POWELL, was the daughter of John Wesley BEEMAN and Minnie Alma HAMRICK. They obviously had a lyrical bend of mind, judging from the names of their daughters. The sons’ names were more prosaic:Flora Geneva BeemanDulcie Elmer BeemanHobson Dewey BeemanRuth BeemanLeta BeemanIvy Zest ...
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• ELISHA HOUGHTON HAD A GUN...AND THEN HE DIDNT.

  
  West in New England — Authority: 421
  I mentioned my ancestor Elisha Houghton the other day and that he was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. I found this story about him in History of the Town of Harvard, Massachusetts 1732-1893 by Henry Steadman Nourse (p323): "Coliney of the Massachusetts Bay. To the Honnorabel General Coart seting at ...
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• Using the DAR GRS - Ancestors and Descendants

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 596
  The DAR Genealogical Research System provides information about the Revolutionary War soldier in the Ancestors section and about the line on the DAR application in the Descendants sections. I thought I would walk you through the process to get to both sections: From the Genealogical Research System page on ...
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• Another New Digitization Project from NARA and Footnote: The Native American Collection

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 670
  From the Announcement: Working together with the National Archives and Allen County Library, Footnote.com has created a unique collection that will help people discover new details about Native American history. The Footnote Interactive Native American Collection features original historical documents ...
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• Using the DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS)

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 596
  The Daughters of the American Revolution organization in Washington DC has added significant content to their website at www.dar.org . The announcement can be read here. The Genealogical Resource System ( GRS ) description is online at http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm . It is described as: ...
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• Call For Future Hosts - 2010

  
  Jessica's Genejournal — Authority: 125
  As was mentioned in the 24th edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy , I will be hosting the December edition; however, I do not have any other editions scheduled. I wont be able to host some of the months in 2010 due to being busy with school work, and I am looking for people who would be ...
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• 24th Edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy Posted!

  
  Jessica's Genejournal — Authority: 125
  The 24th edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy has been posted! (Thank you, Al!) You can read it here . The topic for the next edition will be on Christmas and Hanukkah traditions. Submissions are due December 18th, and the edition will be posted on the 20th. You can submit your article ...
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• Follow Friday - FamHist and LineageKeeper and more

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 596
  Its Friday, and Im highlighting favorite blogs and bloggers of mine in a post. I encourage you to visit the blogs I follow and add them to your RSS reader or subscribe to them by email. Today, I want to highlight Lee R. Drews blogs -- * FamHist -- this is a Family History blog that touches on stories, genealogy ...
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• Genealogy News Corral: November 16-20

  
  Genealogy Insider — Authority: 516
  In preparation for the Civil War sesquicentennial from 2011 to 2015, the Ohio HistoricalSociety (OHS) and Cleveland State Universitys Center for Public History and DigitalHumanities launched a websiteabout Ohio’s role in the Civil War . You can submit content for severalareas of the site. Seethe OHS newsletter ...
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• Texas Marriage License Records And State Marriage Records

  
  Win My Ex Back — Authority: 165
  Texas marriage records are kept and updated for the purpose of providing the general public with useful information for whatever legal undertakings. Such important records are governed according to the jurisdiction of different states. Generally, people search for these important documents to find-out family origin, ...
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