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How to set your “Favorites” on the NEHGS search site

Posted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on March 10, 2011 at 8:26pm

There has been an ongoing discussion about the “new” NEHGS website at www.americanancestors.org  and on their Facebook group. Lots of folks are having trouble navigating the new search site, and finding their favorite databases.   Actually, this website is no longer new, since it has been around since late last summer.  The way things move so quickly with technology, I wouldn’t be surprised to see additional changes by now at the NEHGS site after six months.  Most of the genealogists involved wi

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5 Tips to Choosing an Online Genealogy Database

Posted by Lynn Palermo on January 18, 2010 at 1:45pm
Now more than ever, I can appreciate how confusing it can be for a family historian trying to decide on which database they would like to join when beginning their family research. If you’re an armchair genealogist then certainly you want to belong to an online genealogy database. The question is which database to join?I am here to tell you, only you can know the answer to that. How do you know?1. Gather as much information about your ancestors prior to seeking out a database. Where your ancesto
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Family Tree Connection - Update (12/Jul/2009)

Posted by Illya Daddezio on July 12, 2009 at 9:33am
Family Tree Connection

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Packer Collegiate Institute 1908-1909 Catalogue - The Fifty-Sixth Annual Catalogue of the Packer Collegiate Institute, Joralemon and Livingston Streets, Between Clinton and Court Streets, Brooklyn, New York, 1909. The Packer Collegiate Institute was opened for the admission of students on the 9th day of November, 1854. It stands upon the site previously occupied by the Brooklyn Female Academy.

Vassar College 1871-72 Ca

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