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Time is Ticking Away!!

Posted by Angela Rodesky on July 11, 2019 at 3:48pm

Our Summer Time Surprise isn’t forever. It will be over soon. Make sure you don’t miss out.

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  •  25% off 1 course package (maximum savings $862.50) with code: pk2019ss at checkout.

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Problems registering for a course or a course package? We’re here to help!  Give us a call at   1-800-580-0165  ext 3. You may even email us at media@genealogicalstudies.com (Any voicemail or email received from midnight to midnight will qualify for

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Your Summer Surprise!!

Posted by Angela Rodesky on July 10, 2019 at 10:26pm

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A surprise gift just for you! For one day only (24 hours) you can save:

25% off 1 course package (maximum savings $862.50) with code: pk2019ss at checkout.

or

50% off 1 course (maximum savings $80.00) with code: sc2019ss at checkout.

Problems registering for a course or a course package? We're here to help! Give us a call at 1-800-580-0165 ext 3. You may also email us at admin@genealogicalstudies.com and media@genealogicalstudies.com (Any voicemail or email received from midnight to midnight will qu

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Other Collections for Finding Family Stories Online

Posted by tami osmer glatz on December 25, 2009 at 10:31am
The holidays really have me thinking about family stories. With relatives packing the house, there are bound to be a few memories stirred and shared, and these always leave me wanting more. So of course, I turn to the internet, and a few more websites that are making an effort to collect personal memories, and other family history treasures.AMERICAN MEMORY - http://memory.loc.govThe Library of Congress’s American Memory project is another online large scale special collection of US ephemera. The
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Internet Archives - audio, video, texts & more!

Posted by tami osmer glatz on December 24, 2009 at 4:01pm
It’s Christmas eve day, and its snowing here in Dallas, so everyone is just huddled indoors trying to stay warm, and enjoying being in the company of family... which always sets me to thinking about my ancestors and genealogy, of course.Since the presents are all wrapped, and its just a countdown to Santa, I’ll go ahead and write about another site for finding family stories online, and we’ll call it my Christmas present to you :)Internet Archive, at http://www.archive.org is a very large, onlin
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WorldCat and Online Special Collections

Posted by tami osmer glatz on December 24, 2009 at 12:47pm
Every third Thursday I give a presentation in SecondLife. December’s discussion was part two of Finding Your Family Stories Online, with an emphasis on using Special Collections that are available online. While last month’s topic focused on digitized texts, part two focused on finding all sorts of other treasures – photographs, letters, oral histories, sound recordings, videos... the kinds of things that can add color and life to your family history.Special collections can be found in libraries,
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