Unusual Records: Researching County Histories Premium
Tracking down your ancestor's hometown or place of birth isn't always easy. In this edition of Unusual Records, Rich Venezia shares another resource for finding where your ancestors resided.
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Researching Patents in Genealogy Premium
Several years ago, genealogist Midge Frazel began investigating family stories that her late father-in-law, Wilbur H. Frazel, was an inventor. Her husband Steve “had observed his father working in his home office on a patent,” Midge says. “Steve’s brothers knew little about their father’s work...
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Workbook: Local Histories Premium
Discover your ancestors' family tree through local history resources
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Home-Run Heritage: Researching Athletic Ancestors Premium
Score a big win for your family history by researching the sporting days of your athletic ancestors.
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Find Genealogy Clues in Old Home Movies Premium
Your old home movies are filled with family history. Learn how to preserve these treasures and mine them for research clues.
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Genealogy Workbook: Institutional Records Premium
Tuberculosis sanatoriums. State hospitals. Poor farms and almshouses. “Insane” asylums. Old folks’ homes. Orphanages. Prisons. Almost everyone has a relative who—whether willingly or not—became a resident in an institution for a short period or even the better part of a lifetime. Or perhaps an ancestor or relative...
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Genealogy Workbook: Tax Records Premium
Tax records can be instrumental in tracing ancestors between US census years and before the first federal census in 1790. We'll get you started researching in this valuable genealogical resource.
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Time Capsule: A Hopeless Place Premium
Read a brief first-hand account of a prison for females in the 1800s.
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Document Detective: Voter Registration Premium
Voter registration records can be a surprisingly helpful resource for genealogy. Here are six things you can learn about your ancestor from these records.
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Tracing Ancestors in Voter Records
As you cast your vote today, after you first rejoice over the imminent disappearance of political ads, you may wonder if you can use voter records to track down your ancestors. Maybe you can. State and local archives and libraries, town halls, and the Family History Library (FHL) may have...
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College Records 101 Premium
Is information about your ancestors languishing in dusty university files? Take our genealogy crash course in finding and accessing academic records.
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AncestorNews: Letters as Genealogy Gems Premium
E-mail is one of the greatest inventions to come down the pike. It's kept me in touch with more people, more frequently, and made communicating genealogy information a breeze. However, as I dash off a quick e-note, I often compare my sparse prose with letters written long before cyberspace...
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