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9/28/2009
Q. My great-great-grandfather Edwin Lemon was born in Chester County, Penn., in 1818. This is all I can find about him. How do I find his parent's names and the month and day of his birth?
6/15/2010
Learn the meanings of that legalese in ancestral wills and probate files.
9/27/2009
Find the conductors, engineers and gandy dancers in your family tree with these seven Web sites, and learn how they passed their time on the tracks.
9/28/2009
With 2 million free General Land Office patents to mine, the Bureau of Land Management's Web site is an El Dorado for public land records.
7/28/2011
Does getting your ancestor's birth record look like a maze of red tape? We break the process into four simple steps in this basic overview.
10/20/2011
Start your search for WWI ancestors—soldiers and those who stayed Stateside—with these online resources.
5/26/2010
Find resources to fill in the genealogical holes left by the missing 1890 US census.
9/27/2009
Launch an offensive to discover your family's military history—but first, arm yourself with these records and resources.
11/10/2010
You can't beat the county courthouse as a source for historical records. Crack your ancestors' case files with these guidelines from The Family Tree Resource Book for Genealogists.
6/2/2010