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What can you find out about your forebears from occupational records? Here's a rundown of genealogical details divulged in different jobs' records
4/1/2005
If your ancestor jumped aboard a circus train or spent time in the carnival tent, use these tips to find out more.
1/1/2008
What was business as usual for your ancestors could yield big genealogical payoffs for you. Achieve maximum returns by taking our career-searching advice.
4/1/2005
Pinpointing the county in which your family lived during a given year is easy, thanks to the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
6/14/2011
Need a jump-start? Juice up your research by consulting the roster of family history records listed here.
7/1/2008
A new-on-the-scene search engine, Mocavo, is genealogy-specific and blazing fast. It searches tens of thousands of websites such as forums, blogs, state archives, Find A Grave, the Library of Congress, Internet Archive and the National Archives.
8/2/2011
You know when your ancestors were born, but do you know how they were born?
11/17/2010
Numerous online databases of tombstone transcriptions let you virtually research in faraway graveyards.
11/1/2008
With nearly a billion searchable historical records, the new FamilySearch.org offers brilliant possibilities for furthering your research. Our guide spotlights tips and hints for making the most of the website.
6/14/2011
Do wagon train rosters exist?
7/1/2007