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Favorite Resources

Posted by Mandi on July 26, 2011 at 6:00pm

I have very few tools I use for my family history research, and maybe someone can point me in the right direction to improve my "toolbox" but I thought I'd share.

  1. FamilySearch - Absolutely phenomenal collection of records. I realize they are busy, but I do hope that more amateur researchers like me can get access to more records soon, like the family trees and such.
  2. Legacy software - a free software program for recording your research. I've used this program for about 7 years and I am still learni
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Isle of Axholme genealogy

Posted by Steve Hayes on June 10, 2010 at 10:27am
If you have Ancestors from the Isle of Axholme (north-west Lincolnshire in England), a very good site is Axholme Ancestry. There's more about it here.

The site actually covers a bit more than the Isle of Axholme itself, and includes south-east Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire as well -- Humberside, in fact. So if you have any ancestors or other relatives from there, have a look at the site.
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New Resources for Genealogists

Posted by William S Dean on May 8, 2010 at 12:01pm
When you get buried in old documents and the criss-crossing lines of generational charts, it's sometimes difficult to keep up with the new resources for genealogical work. At least once a week, if not more frequently, I try to do searches for genealogical news. Here are some findings, you may find helpful:

Directory of Genealogical Libraries in the United States: http://www.gwest.org/gen_libs.htm

Two Free Online Genealogy Books at Ancestry:

The Source: A Guidebook to AmericanGenealogy http://www.an
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Archaeology and Family History

Posted by Sarah MacLean on August 15, 2009 at 7:17am
When I introduce myself as an archaeologist I generally find that people make assumptions about what that actually means. For a start I get asked about what I’ve been digging up lately and have to explain that not all archaeologists dig. I have (or should I say had?) a desk job. On top of that there is the problem of what period do archaeologists actually cover? We don’t cover dinosaurs, not in the slightest. Archaeology is all about the study of man and as yet no one has found any evidence to s
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Genealogy Wise Chats!

Posted by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on August 3, 2009 at 9:10pm
I just attended my first chat session at Genealogy Wise. If you weren't there, you missed a great chat. The chat started at 8:00 pm MST and was called GENTREK-Genealogy Research & Resource Notebooks, Part 1. The chat was presented by Jayne McCormick and Dae Powell. The Genealogy Wise chatroom is available for chats 24 hours a day. GenWise Chats is a group on GW which has begun scheduled chats to educate members on different topics. This is a terrific resource for members and I encourage all memb
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Confused By County Boundaries? Here's Some Help

Posted by Thomas MacEntee on July 11, 2009 at 10:30am

Thanks to Tami over at Relatively Curious About Genealogy for reminding me about the problem with historical county boundaries and a great FREE resource to determine the exact boundary in a given year.In her recent blog post, Tami discusses the problems involved with trying to pin down the county boundaries for certain states. With many of my ancestors in New York, I have learned the history of county boundaries and I have been able to memorize when those boundaries shifted.Because historical co
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