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Why Genealogy Research is Like a Ping-Pong Ball

Genealogy is often presented as a straight-line endeavor:  Start with yourself and work backwards.   In a broad sense, that’strue. However, in practice, genealogy research is far more like a hub with spokes going out in every direction, and connections made from spoke to spoke. The image here is how I perceive genealogy research in [...]

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Ancestral Music

Don’t you wonder what songs your ancestors hummed while working around the house? or what tunes were the “top 10 hits” of the 18th century? I do. In fact, on one of my Montana trips I picked up a cassette of favorite Civil War era songs, and love popping it in the stereo while I’m [...]

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