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MY FAMILY

Posted by Laura Daniel-Knibbs on July 12, 2009 at 9:20pm

I AM LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO IS RELATED TO THE KNIBBS FAMILIES IN ORANGE COUNTY NY, ENGLAND,SULLIVAN COUNTY NY, ANYWHERE ELSE I'M NOT SURE OF.....TO COMPARE NOTES AND FIND OUT WHO IS WHO.

Promoting Genealogy in Puerto Rico

Posted by Dr. Ana Oquendo Pabón, MD on July 12, 2009 at 7:00pm

Just a brief message today to alert those interested in island genealogy news, that there was a very excellent article entitled: "¿De Dónde Venimos? el fascinante estudio de la genealogía (From where do we come? The Fascinating study of genealogy) concerning the importance of genealogy for present and future generations. A three page spread!The three individuals interviewed were Luis Burset Flores, Hilda Blanch Miranda and well-known author and historian, Walter Bonet Cardona. All three are memb

My Introduction

Posted by Margaretann on July 12, 2009 at 5:49pm

I posted this on the Introduction Forum and decided to copy and place as my first blog so I can easily find it later.I'm Margaret Ann from Tennessee. I have been researching my elusive family since 1983. I really appreciate having U.S. census records at my finger tips 24/7 as when I started I had to go to the public library and they certainly didn't have all the census records available on microfilm either, much less an index. The 1910 census was available and I still remember the excitement whe

talkingroots: One of my favorite resources

Posted by Deason Hunt on July 12, 2009 at 5:00pm

Since all of my family lines come through southern states — North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi — one of the most valuable background resources I have found for understanding the lives of my 19th Century ancestors is The Dixie Frontier – A Social History of the Southern Frontier from the First Transmontane Beginnings to the Civil War, by Everett Dick, research professor of American History, Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska. (Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1948).

Genealogy

Posted by Liv Skramstad on July 12, 2009 at 3:07pm

As an Norwegian, I will follow this as far as I can. I have not much in USA and Canada, but a little. That I have found, but I might learn something here an can help other people in Norway who is looking.For you in USA and Canada I recommend www.disnorge.no for your search in Norway. You will find most of the link needed for Norway there.Good luck all of you

Your Genealogy Blog - Content Theft and Guarding Your Internet Reputation

Posted by Thomas MacEntee on July 12, 2009 at 12:00pm

Just a heads up that many genealogy bloggers are seeing their recent blog content reused at splogs (spam blogs). Just like spam and every other scam that seems to invade the Net, periodically blog content theft rears its ugly head and hits even genealogy blogs.I've written about this extensively over at the GeneaBloggers.com website and you can read more here.You'll find ways to detect blog content theft, how to send a cease and desist notice, how to set up automatic alerts for your content, and

Alabama Quickie Divorces

Posted by Mary Trogg on July 12, 2009 at 11:10am

I could never understand why my in-laws divorced in Alabama. They lived in Oceanside, NY back in the fifties. I knew that out of state couples could divorce in Nevada after establishing residency, but Alabama? One day I was Google-fishing and ran across a web site that mentioned the Alabama “quickie divorce scandal” Paydirt!In the fifties and sixties, Alabama law stated that residency requirements were met if one party intended to settle in Alabama and the other party agreed in writing to an Ala

Understanding the Use of Sources

Posted by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 12, 2009 at 9:47am

Not having sources to document where you found information on your ancestors in genealogy is like Superman wearing his alter ego Clark Kent's glasses, useless. Without the use of sources, information in a genealogical report is nothing more than hearsay. The more sources a genealogy report presents, the more credible the report. Many beginning genealogists do not understand sources though. The more a genealogist understands the differences between sources and the information derived from sources

Family Tree Connection - Update (12/Jul/2009)

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

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

My Loucks Family

Posted by Margaret Kerr Beckwith on July 12, 2009 at 7:30am

My American Louk/Loucks line begins with Jacob Loucks (b. 1730) who married Theodocia Langford. It continues with William Loucks (b. 1749) who married Margaret Liter; John Loucks (b. 1784) who married Margaret Gregory; John C. Louk/Loucks (b. 1819) who married Frances "Fanny" Helmick to my g-grandfather, John C. Louk (b. 1850), who married Elizabeth Jane Sponaugle.The 300th Anniversary Celebration of the Loucks/Laux/Louk/Loux, etc. will be held in York, Pennsylvania June 25-27, 2010. The link to

My Genealogy Hero

Posted by Corey Oiesen on July 11, 2009 at 10:36pm

“This search is starting to sound familiar.” I read the words again. Could it be possible that the genealogist I hired had researched this family before?My genealogy hero, Marianne, entered my life when I was brand new to genealogy. I was in the middle of an adoption search to find my mom’s biological mother and needed someone to photocopy various city directories. I feared I was already wearing out my welcome with the library staff, so I asked for researcher recommendations. Marianne was the fi

Mildred Reid Buckingham Dix

Posted by Gail Winstanley on July 11, 2009 at 7:00pm

In celebration of what would have been her 100th birthday, I would like to share with all of you a part of who my maternal grandmother was. The original of this is posted on my my web site along with additional pictures of this remarkable woman I called Gram for 47 years.In RemembranceOn May 18, 2003, after a very long and wonderful life, our Grammy,Mildred Reid Buckingham Dixpassed away after a short illness at the age of 94. Those of us she has left behind, three daughters, three sons-in-law,

Are you searching for Krampitz? Let me know.

Posted by Bob Krampetz on July 11, 2009 at 6:47pm

I've collected every Krampetz/Krampitz name found in just about all online databases, and am willing to share what I know and hope to find connections you and I know about our families.I'm a bit new at this (started late 2008) but am learning fast and have found more already than I ever expected to find.Give a post and see if we both have what each of us would like to learn.Bob K.

10 Hard Truths About Genealogy

Posted by tami osmer glatz on July 11, 2009 at 6:30pm

1. There is no "A" in Cemetery.2. The census takers, more often than not, didn't really care when your relative was born, or how your relative's name was spelled. They spelled it like it sounded. They also didn't really care if the two year old hanging off of the Polish woman they were questioning was a boy or a girl, and they couldn't understand Polish anyway. Thats why your great uncle is a girl in 1900 and a boy in 1912. Its still the same person.3. There are occasionally errors in original r

Chicago research - on the internet

Posted by tami osmer glatz on July 11, 2009 at 6:00pm

I already told you about the very cool Historical County Map Boundary tool at the website for the Newberry Library. Now to more great stuff available at the Newberry's website!. If you're doing research in Chicago, Cook County, there's no better site than the ChicagoAncestors site from Newberry Library, which you can find in the Genealogy Collection Guides and Research Tools page of the Newberry's site, under the tab "Research Chicago". You can also get there directly by going to www.chicagoance

Digital Quaker Collection

Posted by tami osmer glatz on July 11, 2009 at 5:30pm

I never cease to be amazed at the great websites for genealogy online! Yesterday I discovered the Digital Quaker Collection at the Earlham School of Religion (a graduate theological school for the Society of Friends). The website states "DQC is a digital library containing full text and page images of over 500 individual Quaker works from the 17th and 18th centuries." Once you enter the site, you can easily search all of the collections, or browse them by title or author. While the default searc

Genealogy Research at the Spy Museum?????

Posted by Just Judy on July 11, 2009 at 5:05pm

Yearly, I make a trek to Washington, DC to do some family history research at the National Archives. On one trip, I decided to spend an afternoon visiting the new Spy Museum in D.C..So, I'm walking around listening to the audiocassette, and I come to an area about terrorist attacks on American soil. The first display explained that 9/11 was NOT the first attack we've had on American soil. Rather, there was an attack during World War I which was also in the New York City area. There was a small i

Is GenealogyWise in fact, Wise?

Posted by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 11, 2009 at 4:01pm

I have touched slightly in other blog postings about GenealogyWise, specifically my review of the site. Today, I have not been able to really use the site for its intended purpose because I have been working on a tutorial for the "Professional/Technical Communication" course I am currently in. (I received my bachelor of science in psychology in May and will begin a master's program in psychology with a specialization in psychology of culture in September. My career goal is to be an online instru

What a little cutie!

Posted by Candy Hulbert Ditkowski on July 11, 2009 at 2:53pm

Last November, I received notice that Google Images had digitized photos from LIFE magazine. Most people are probably thinking...big whoop. But in my family, this is an exciting thing.A little history first - my mother grew up in northwest Ohio where, in September of1950, a Polio epidemic had broken out. Well, LIFE magazine was all over this story and wouldn't you know - my mother had her picture taken with two of her brothers and it was enshrined forever within the pages of the October 23rd 195

steger family cemetery

Posted by judith kay houston on July 11, 2009 at 12:30pm

my mom. the late elizabeth lockhart houston's family has a family cemetery in grant county, kentucky on keifer rd.if anyone any of the people or are relatives of the people could you send me an e-mail, thanks judy houston,jhous917@yahoo.com

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All Posts (3186)

MY FAMILY

Promoting Genealogy in Puerto Rico

My Introduction

talkingroots: One of my favorite resources

Genealogy

Your Genealogy Blog - Content Theft and Guarding Your Internet Reputation

Alabama Quickie Divorces

Understanding the Use of Sources

Family Tree Connection - Update (12/Jul/2009)

My Loucks Family

My Genealogy Hero

Mildred Reid Buckingham Dix

Are you searching for Krampitz? Let me know.

10 Hard Truths About Genealogy

Chicago research - on the internet

Digital Quaker Collection

Genealogy Research at the Spy Museum?????

Is GenealogyWise in fact, Wise?

What a little cutie!

steger family cemetery

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