If you’re like most people, either you or your family members have a blog (a blog is somewhat of a journal kept on the Internet just FYI).  A family member recently commented to me that she wants to have her blog act as her journal, but she wants..
Topics: Books, Personal History, Preserving History, Technology

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Every once in a while (perhaps more often than we would like) roadblocks, dead ends, and difficulty halt work on a particular line or record search.  It can be quite frustrating, and you may find yourself reviewing sources and leads again and again but..
Topics: Genealogy Research, Inspiration

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We’ve mentioned before that you can use Google Maps and Google Earth to map your family history, but now you can upload and map your family history in a big way with Ancestry.com’s new map tool.First, you’ll need to upload or enter some.
Topics: Ancestry.com, Genealogy Resources, maps, Research, Uncategorized

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Many folks have an insatiable desire to research their roots to find out who they are and where they come from.  Others, may be marginally interested if at all.  Whether you consider yourself in one buck or the other, or something different.  Few...
Topics: Genealogy Resources

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Footnote.com (a genealogy website) has introduced a feature that allows visitors to upload pictures and then highlight select areas of the picture and add a description or note.Multiple people can add notes to a picture. For example, say you have a...
Topics: Genealogy Resources

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