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

Highland Park Presbyterian Church 1929 Year Book - Year Book and Church Directory of Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Laurel and Linden Aves., 1929. Rev. Frank Fitt, Minister.

The GEM Dance Folio for 1916 - Containing all the Year's Song Successes as One-Steps, Fox-Trots, Trots, Waltzes, Two-Steps, Rags and Marches. Arranged by Eugene Platzmann. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, Music Publishers, New York. Cover includes phot

Four John Dominises-

Governor John Owen Dominis was the son of Captain John Dominis, the sea captain who brought his Boston born wife, Mary Lambert Jones, and son to Hawaii in 1837. They had left behind two young daughters to be educated in Schenectady, New York. J. O. Dominis never saw his sisters again. Both little girls died in New York at around age 12. Life in Hawaii would be very different from life in Boston for this branch of the family!

Little John arrived in Hawaii at age five, and died

The newest addition to FamilySearch'sRecord Search are the Norfolk, Church of England Parish Registersfrom 1538 to 1900 and the Brazil, Paraiba region Civil Registrations from1870 to 2006.

How to I add the list of our Surname, Swartwout, Swarthout, Swartout, Swartwood, Swarthwood, Swathwood, etc to the Surname list

Kathy Hastings Hoeldke

Most of us have them. If we could explain them or even get rid of them, we would have greater success in our family tree research.

Unexplained gaps can be the reason for your family tree's brick wall. There are many kinds of gaps to look for. Some gaps can be explained, others cannot. If left unpursued, we may never uncover the "full truth" about the family. Below are some examples.

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According to fellow genealogy blogger, Randy Seaver, “Genealogy Research is like a box of chocolates- you never know what you’re going to find….” Well, Randy, not only do I like your quote, but I like the Library of Congress “Chronicling America” website you wrote about last month.

At the Chronicling America search page, you can find newspapers from 1880 to 1922 from only the following states: Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New

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

Oak Park Woman's Society 1919-1920 Calendar - The Woman's Society of the Second Presbyterian Church, Oak Park, Ill, 1919-1920. Washington Blvd. and Ridgeland Ave.

Louisville University Dentistry School 1931 Graduation - University of Louisville, School of Dentistry, Annual Commencement Exercises, Thursday evening, June fourth, 1931, Memorial Auditorium, Fourth and Kentucky, Louisville, Ky.

Tressler Orphans' Home 1910 Re

If you live in or near St. Joseph, Missouri and are interested in genealogy you don’t want to forget to sign up for access to the online databases through the St. Joseph Public Library. You need to check with the librarian at the branch nearest you to activate your online access. You can find the opening page showing the general databases that are available and of interest to patrons in general at this page:

http://sjpl.lib.mo.us/index.php?sitearea=general&areapage=searchpage&id=23

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