Newspapers report all the major events in our lives: births, marriages, deaths, political events, business and sports news, criminal offenses and even local gossip. Few sources...
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Once a sparse landscape, the field of Russian genealogy has vastly improved over the past decade. Use our eight strategies to bust through your stubborn research blocks.
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Q. Were sponsors required of immigrants coming to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? A. Sponsorship in US immigration has a complex history. Today, the term...
Q. Are there American records on immigrants who left US ports to go back to their native countries?
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Inventions that shaped your ancestors' lives: handwriting.
Land records are among the most underutilized resources for genealogy. One of America’s major attractions to immigrants was the ability to obtain land. In the...
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The invention of the daguerreotype 175 years ago let our ancestors capture their own likenesses. Learn how to preserve and identify these pieces of the past.
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Reinvigorate your research and bust through roadblocks with these 41 ideas to find your roots in 2014.