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Our Family Histories  the second site is: Eastern United States Research

 If you have a webpage that is paid by a credit card, any time that credit card has problems, ie someone trying to hack account or use it illegally, your bank will fix the problem. What you have to watch for is did they notify your people that are paid monthly from that Credit Card.  I spoke to mine in May and all seemed to run smoothly, until two days ago.

 Suddenly my webpage of more than 20 years disappears, the back up si

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New York, NY – In honor of the reopening of Ellis Island on Monday, October 28, 2013, Statue Cruises is pleased to announce the launch of a new blog to tell the stories of the immigrants who came to the United States through Ellis Island.

Inspired by the stories of their own employees’ families, Statue Cruises has launched Heartbreak & Hope: The Stories of Ellis Island to tell not only those stories but the stories of the many descendants of over 14 million people who found their way to the U.S.
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  Our Separating Methods

  Not wanting to harp, growl and howl, I have been saying for at least four years and each year it gets worse, we have created a Separating Method for doing Genealogy.

  Today, having received my UpFront with NGS, I wanted to leap for joy that someone else noticed.

UpFront with NGS: Technological Divide in Genealogy -- Yes, it does exist! What might we do about it?

  Two years ago when dear friend William Dollarhide and Leland Metzler gave us a fabulous seminar and I was abl

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 Having found many relatives on Facebook how about you?  Filling in the blanks has become fun and interesting because you can see their faces right away and that is so much fun.

 Recently receiving a picture of hubbies Great Grandfather I know where his eyebrows probably came from.  It is a young man of 19 in the picture. The only other one he is in 60's, and side profile.

  Not gotten the hang of Pinterest but others are constantly talking about the help it has given them for research.  I know F

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Hollister, MO, October 25, 2013 -- "Christmas at the Homeplace" is the fourth book in "The Homplace Saga" series of historical fiction family saga stores set in a rural river valley in the southern Missouri Ozarks near a fictional western branch of the Current River (NW corner of Shannon County). Set in 1996, the story has a "homecoming for Christmas" theme affecting members of the extended families of the central characters. 

Will they all be home for Christmas? For the first time since their fa

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TEL AVIV, Israel & SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MyHeritage, the popular online family history network, and FamilySearch.organnounced today the signing and commencement of a strategic partnership that forges a new path for the family history industry. Under this multi-year partnership, MyHeritage will provide FamilySearch with access to its powerful technologies and FamilySearch will share billions of global historical records and family tree profiles spanning hundreds of years with MyH

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The first tranche of burial records from another set of data held by The National Archives has been added to the Deceased Online website,www.deceasedonline.com.

The dataset of transcriptions, RG37 ‘Removals of graves and tombstones’, comprises records from over 200 closed cemeteries and burial ground across many areas of England and Wales. The total records will comprise over 175,000 names/burials, with the first 105,000 now available on the website, dating back to the 17th century. Full details
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The Secret Is Out

Last year I shared some of my family tree with a friend. After a few days they sent me an E mail. One sentence stood out. "Did you know that you are a descendant of Don Juan Ponce de Leon, Adelantado de la Florida?"

I was a little surprised then I wrote my friend back. No? Do you have any details?

They sent me a family tree that was documented up to Antonio Maldonado y Nieves married to Dona Manuela Montalvo.

Antonio was born 1795 in Utuado, Puerto Rico. 

I sat back and began pondering about the sur

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Oct 2, 2013– Salt Lake City, UT - The Utah Genealogical Association (UGA) is pleased to announce the formation of a Student Chapter to serve and support younger generations who are interested in genealogy and family history.

UGA Student Chapter participation will be open to all those 25 years old and under regardless of where they live. Also, until the end of 2013 we are offering free one-year UGA memberships to those that sign up and provide proof of age / student status. This membership is not
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Christian Jipp was born 18 Sept 1825 in Germanic Region of today's Germany. His death took place 4 Feb 1881 in Gramdorf, Germany  which is a region of Schleswig-Holstein.  He was only 45.  He married Sophia Johanna Henrietta 

Hammerich in Germanic region of Schleswig-Holstein we believe. She was born 16 Sept 1835 Gramdorf , and died 10 Feb 1900 in Wilton, IA.  

She came to the USA after her husbands' death. Bringing all her children we think. Charles Jipp was their son.

Charles (Carl) Jipp was a Re

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Jipp- Nanke Family

 Charles Jipp and Lena Nanke had several children.  If by chance any of you are related would you please sign in or get back to Mary Pentico Nelson or I. 

Or if any of you are related to Grandpa Jipp from the old country or Germany we would love to hear from you.

I have little information on Grandfather Jipp due to his death shortly before MOM Louise Jipp Pentico born.  Fred's Mom never knew her father.  Her older siblings knew him a bit.  

They are all gone now.  Our generation is what is left.  

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The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy is pleased to announce we are now accepting essays for the Jimmy B. Parker Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy scholarship. Full tuition to SLIG 2014 will be awarded to the student whose essay and application exemplify the culture of giving back to community, lived by Jimmy B. Parker. The scholarship will be awarded by a committee comprised of SLIG committee members and the family of the late Jimmy B. Parker.

Applicants are asked to submit the following via email
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SLIG’s Early-Bird Registration is only weeks away, ending on October 31, 2013! Ensure you get yourself a spot in one of the few remaining courses. The following courses still have seats left:

  • American Research and Records: Focus on Families
  • Advanced Research Tools: Land Records
  • Credentialing: Accreditation, Certification, or Both?
  • Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum
  • Problem Solving
  • Utilizing Social History
  • Researching in Eastern Europe

Immerse yourself in a specific genealogical topic for a week-long e
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Group Admins needed

When GenealogyWise first came into being, those of us who joined early were encouraged to create groups to provide a place for people to come and find "their space".  Many of us created groups by the surnames we were actively working on and then places, occupations, events, etc. I never dreamed we would be the Admins for all the groups we created. 8-0

If anyone is a member of a group created by me and you want to take over that group, please let me know. I am spread very thin these days with gran

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Maps for Future Research

 I thought this fit right in with some more current information on the USA.

It is titled: 26 Maps Show How Ethnic Groups Are Divided Across America

Maps Of Ancestry Groups In America - Business Insider

 it is written by the Business Insider. It shows how ethnicities stick together even today. Yes, 26 different  maps to help you when you want to know where your ethnicity may have been or may be now in the USA.

Ultra-powerful "black hole" whirlpools seen for the first time in the South Atlantic -- Ear

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FamilySearch Adds More Than 2.7 Million Indexed Records and Images to Collections from Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and Switzerland

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FamilySearch has recently added more than 2.7 million indexed records and images from Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland. Notable collection updates include the 1,459,211 indexed records and images from the England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1538–1910, collection, the 534,245 indexe
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