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The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule No. 14: Always interview brothers and sisters together in the same room. Since they can’t agree on anything about the family tree, it makes for Continue reading Quit Claim Deeds and Deed Releases
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… The article, Tracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records, indicated several steps that were followed in my personal research. The purpose of the article was to Continue reading Follow-up to “Tracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records”
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule No. 7: If you call Social Security and ask where to write for a birth certificate, tell them it is for yourself…they won’t help you Continue reading Public Access to Federal Records
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… For years, the United States Census Bureau has provided a valuable information service concerning census age search transcripts, civilian births abroad, births at U.S. Army facilities, and births Continue reading An Update to Birth Information from the Census Bureau
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… To demonstrate the power of deeds in retracing the trail of an ancestor, I will present a case study of one of my own ancestors. This is a Continue reading Tracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… That first pedigree chart usually shows up to four generations, sometimes more, but if a 4-generation chart starts with yourself, there are up to fourteen direct ancestors presented. Continue reading A Checklist of 150 Genealogical Sources
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Genealogists should know that many of the original sets of census records for 1880 are available to them by visiting various repositories outside of the National Archives. The Continue reading Repositories Holding 1880 Federal Census Originals
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule No. 48: If you never ask the question, you’ll never know the answer. As a follow-up to my earlier article, If You Never Ask the Continue reading More Suggestions for Family Interviews
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule No. 9: An 1850 census record showing all twelve children in a family proves only that your ancestors did not have access to birth control. Continue reading Early U.S. Census Losses
The following announcement is excerpted from an October 25, 2012 article by Donnie Summerlin, published in the blog of the Digital Library of Georgia. The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the expansion of the South Georgia Historic Continue reading The South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive Expands
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule No. 29: The page on the census where your ancestor’s town was enumerated has no page number. Name indexes to the U.S. Federal Censuses have Continue reading If He’s Not in the Census Index
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule No. 23: Locating the county where your ancestor lived is the first step in finding records about the time he was hauled into court for Continue reading Accidental Research and Fellow Travelers
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Dollarhide’s Genealogy Rule No. 15: The genealogy book you just found out about went out of print last week. If you have reason to believe your ancestor was Continue reading Records of Federal Employees
The following article was written by my good friend, William Dollarhide. Enjoy… Dollarhide’s Rule No. 37: The Post Office shown on the census page where your ancestors are listed is for a town which appears on no known map ever Continue reading Find a Place, Find an Ancestor
The following teaser is from the September 10, 2012 edition of http://www.reuters.com (Reuters) – Hellman & Friedman LLC, Permira Advisers LLP and TPG Capital LP are bidding for Ancestry.com Inc (ACOM.O), though a deal remains elusive as the family-history website Continue reading Three Companies Bidding on Ancestry.com