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You can thank Golden State genealogists for convincing the Colorado senate to preserve your access to marriage license applications.
8/1/2006
My great-great-grandfather was supposedly a physician in the mid-1800s. He left Pennsylvania for Ohio, and died in 1870. How can I research where he got his education and verify that he was a physician?
10/1/2004
So your ancestor was an axle tree maker — what does that mean? Use this glossary to translate your kin's archaic occupations.
4/1/2005
These Colonial practices produced the earliest occupational records of American ancestors. Learn how to find them.
4/1/2005
If your ancestors had a business or created literary or artistic works, consider trademark or copyright research.
4/1/2004
I have the original diaries my great-grandfather kept during his Civil War service, along with documents including his enlistment and discharge papers. How can I find museums or other organizations that would be interested in preserving this collection intact?
8/2/2011
Think you don't have a prayer of bringing down those brick walls in your research? Here's how to find and use family Bibles to discover your own begats.
12/1/2001
Got a bad case of research block? Cure what ails your ancestor search with our guide to finding genealogical clues in old medical records.
2/1/2003
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