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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0800

November 2009 Scanfest
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:39:00 -0800

The 24th Edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy Has Been Posted!
Al Wierzba of Al's Polish-American Genealogy Research is the host of the 24th Edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern...
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:00 -0800

DAR Databases Now Available Online
From the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution:After nearly a decade of scanning, indexing, and other...
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:08:00 -0800

Digital Updates to the Washington State Library
From the Washington State Library Blog:Digital UpdatesHistorical Newspapers in Washington – 1 new title.The years 1861-1864...
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:53:00 -0800

Footnote Announces Their New Interactive Native American Collection
We are excited to announce the release of our latest interactive collection: the Native American collection. Working together...
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:13:00 -0800

The 84th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is Posted!
poster courtesy of the footnoteMavenJasia recently posted the 84th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy, whose theme was "What...
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:11:00 -0800

RootsMagic Releases Free Genealogy and Family Tree Software
As a enthusiastic RootsMagic user, I was excited to receive this press release!"RootsMagic Essentials" Brings Free Tools for...
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:07:00 -0800

Update on FindAGrave
FindAGrave now has 38 million memorial pages listed on its free website, which includes many details about the individuals'...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0800

Getting More Traffic to Your Blog, Part Six (or, The Redux)
Last winter I started a series on Getting More Traffic to Your Blog, aimed specifically at new geneabloggers. It was a series...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0800

The 18th Edition of the "I Smile for the Camera" Carnival is Posted
Twenty-three bloggers have shared ancestral and modern photos around the theme "Travel" at Shades of the Departed's 18th...
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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:39:00 -0800

Scanfest is Coming!
The November 2009 Scanfest will take place here at AnceStories next Sunday, November 22nd, from 11 AM to 2 PM, Pacific Standard...
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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:26:00 -0800

The Joy of COG
...or, What the Carnival of Genealogy Means to Meposter courtesy of the inimitable footnoteMaven, who has been designing COG...
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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:14:00 -0800

Forgotten Remains Get Burial Rites
This story in my local paper, from North Idaho, reminds me of Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak's Unclaimed Persons Project. In this...
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:15:00 -0800

Surname Saturday: CONCIDINE
The CONCIDINE surname belongs to my maternal grandmother's adoptive mother. My grandmother was an adoptee, and I have been...
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Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0800

November 2009 Calendar of Events
Dull November brings the blast;Then the leaves are whirling fast.--from "The Garden Year" by Sara ColeridgeHolidays, History,...
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:45:00 -0700

Happy Hallowe'en!
It's still Hallowe'en on the West Coast as I write this. The following photo is of the very first time I celebrated the...
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:00:00 -0700

Surname Saturday: BARBER
The BARBER surname belongs to my maternal grandmother's biological mother. My grandmother was an adoptee, and I will be...
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:03:00 -0700

Major Announcement from Footnote
ENTIRE U.S. CENSUS GOES INTERACTIVE WITH FOOTNOTE.COM-Footnote.com to feature original documents from every publicly available...
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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:13:00 -0700

Miriam Midkiff posted a blog entry

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:00:00 -0700

October 2009 Scanfest
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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:30:00 -0700

A Beginner's Guide to Scanning Postcards
I was honored when Evelyn Yvonne Theriault of A Canadian Family and the host of the Festival of Postcards requested that I...
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Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:53:00 -0700

The Clock, the Chart, and the Compass Rose
Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.--William Butler YeatsIt all began in second period, where...
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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:12:00 -0700

Scanfest is Coming!
The October 2009 Scanfest will take place here at AnceStories next Sunday, October 25th, from 11 AM to 2 PM, Pacific Daylight...
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Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:00:00 -0700

Surname Saturday: TOLLIVER
My father-in-law's paternal grandmother was the last in my husband's family to be born with the TOLLIVER surname. In my...
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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:06:00 -0700

My Favorite Genealogical Society
If you don't count my parents, I don't have Eastern Washington ancestors. Like many Americans in today's mobile society, I...
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