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These Colonial practices produced the earliest occupational records of American ancestors. Learn how to find them.
4/1/2005
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
Public records laws are making it harder to get Grandma's birth certificate. Find out why — and what you can do about it.
12/1/2006
What happens to the uprooted graves and crypts in hurricane-ravaged cemeteries?
7/1/2007
Find your ancestors in the online 1940 US census using this step-by-step guide.
1/9/2013
Use these resources to trace your performing kin.
1/1/2008
FamilySearch and the National Archives and Records Administration digitize Civil War widows' pension files.
3/1/2008
These resources will help you research your ancestors' inventions.
4/1/2004
How do I go about looking for old prison records in California without spending a lot of money?
5/2/2011
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