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A genealogy veteran recommends Web sites where you can learn facts about your family surnames—which give you clues to where and when they may have lived.
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AfriGeneas www.afrigeneas.com African-American genealogy. Carolina Cuzins www.carolinacuzins.org The Freedmen's Bureau Online freedmensbureau.com Records of freed slaves. Mid-Atlantic Roots Network midatlantic.rootsweb.com Includes Virginia and North Carolina. Southern Trails homepages.rootsweb.com/~south1/trails1.htm Traveller Southern Families genealogy.traveller.com/genealogy/ National Archives Confederate Pension Records information...
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Christine's Genealogy Website www.ccharity.com Research your African-American ancestry on this link-filled site, which includes related articles and databases. Index of Native American Resources on the Internet www.hanksville.org/NAresources Research your Native American ancestors through links to cultural and historical resources. The Freedmen's Bureau Online freedmensbureau.com An...
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Links to the lives of the unusual, surprising and infamous: Lizzie Borden's family tree www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/Borden/ Unsolved Mysteries mailing list www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_general.html#GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Notorious Ancestors www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8310/notorious.html Yahoo guide to outlaws dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Outlaws/ So You Want to Be Kin to Jesse James www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/8225/jesse...
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Track down your Scandinavian family with these books, Web sites and organizations that focus on Sweden.
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Alabama Alabama Civil War Roots www.rootsweb.com/~alcwroot Links to all Alabama units and tips on tracing your Civil War ancestor. Historic Alabama Maps alabamamaps.ua.edu/alabama/historical Follow the evolution of Alabama counties with these historical maps from the University of Alabama. Alaska Alaska GenWeb Project www.akgenweb.org Begin...
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Scrapbooking Idea Network scrapbooking.com: Has a monthly article on heritage albums. dMarie www.dmarie.com: Has a special section devoted to heritage albums. ScrapNet www.scrapnet.com/main/: Virtual classes, contests and new products. Graceful Bee www.gracefulbee.com: Online scrapbooking magazine. More scrapbooking sites from Family Tree Magazine.
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You can't expect stellar results from stellar Web sites unless you know how to mine them effectively. Conduct more-successful web searches by following these 5 tips.
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Advanced Book Exchange www.abebooks.com Find county histories, biographies and state history books at this umbrella organization for hundreds of used book stores. You can search for tomes by keyword, author and title. Newspaper Abstracts www.newspaperabstracts.com News of your ancestors may appear in this site's article abstracts...
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