March 2010

Close to 10 years ago,  an interesting phenomenon hit the Web called blogging.  Today’s it’s old hat–and the number ofblogs probably outnumbers the population of the U.S.!  For genealogists, blogging means you get to share your genealogy information on the Internet, without the hassle of actually building an old-fashioned website. Dimmitt Family History blog image.  [...]

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In a TIME essay a few years back, Garrison Keillor wrote about a European trip he took with his two brothers and a sister. Keillor noted that during the trip the siblings talked about events from childhood in a way they couldn’t have had non-siblings been present. And, although they had known each other a [...]

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Have you ever noticed that lots of online transcripts exist for some states, and very few for others? Unfortunately, my research often takes me to the “few” end of the stick. Lately, though, I’ve moved into two states that have some excellent material online—Pennsylvania and Ohio. On the Pennsylvania side of the fence, a wonderful [...]

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