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Stories in our April 2003 issue include:

FEATURES

100 Places to Start
Click your way from coast to coast with our guide to the top 100 Web sites for researching your ancestors in the United States and Canada. By Nancy Hendrickson
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Rx for Your Roots
We have the cure for what ails your family tree search: Examine the genealogical clues hidden in old medical records. By Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
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Camera Shy
Get a gander at your ancestors who lived before the invention of photography with these six sources for finding images from way back when. By Maureen A. Taylor
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Software Scorecard
Hard choices about what to put on your hard drive? Pick the genealogy software program that's right for you with our program-by-program evaluation and comparison chart. By Rick Crume
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Back in the USSR
Uncover your roots in regions that were part of the Soviet Union with our step-by-step guide to tracing your ancestors from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. By Allison Stacy

The Shipping News
Stop the presses! Your ancestors' immigrant sagas are waiting for you to read them—in newspapers from their ports of entry. By John Philip Colletta
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COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS

Out on a Limb
A new book to help you trace your North American ancestors. By David A. Fryxell

Making Connections
Readers' letters, kudos and questions.

Branching Out
What's new in discovering, preserving and celebrating your family history, including: • Capturing history in quilts • Fort Wayne on the move • Simpler Ellis Island searches • 1880 and 1881 censuses go online—for free. Edited by Crystal Conde

Living History
Winter's hottest heritage events and history re-creations, including: Alaska's Fur Rendezvous...Colonial-style capitalism in Florida...Asian culture in Oregon...A look at the bright side of voodoo in Louisiana. By Lauren Eisenstodt

Preserving Memories
Add a new dimension to your heritage albums with these tips and projects for handling mementos. By Patti Swoboda

Everything's Relative
Our readers' tales of small-world coincidence and playing the name game.

Now What?
Red-shifting slides and nobles in the family—you ask, we answer.

The Toolkit
We take Genealogy.com's new Family and Local Histories and US Census Collection databases for a spin to see if they're worth your subscription dollars. Plus reviews of: • Burke's Peerage & Gentry online • Canadian census sources • PhotoPort • GEDCOM-to-HTML converters • Four books on fads of yesteryear. Edited by Allison Stacy

Time Capsule
TThe anchor of ABC-TV's "World News Tonight" and his co-author went In Search of America. Here's what they found. By Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

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