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January 5, 2018 Dana 3 Comments 1 min read

My “Start” in Genealogy with Aunt Beulah (#1 of 52)

This post is based on Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge. This week’s theme is: START. Beulah

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Education
January 4, 2018 Dana 4 Comments 4 min read

GRIP vs IGHR

Have you ever attended a week-long genealogy institute? For the past four years, I have attended an institute each summer:

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Education
December 23, 2017 Dana 4 Comments 0 min read

Wishing You a Merry Christmas!

Yesterday, I got my final assignment graded for my BU certificate. BU was a wonderful learning experience, but I’m glad

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Case Studies
December 4, 2017 Dana 2 Comments 1 min read

My “Ancestral Rebellious Streak”

The Church of England is the official church of England. Protestant churches which do not conform to the Church of

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Case Studies
November 9, 2017 Dana 2 Comments 1 min read

Success: Finding a Death Certificate With a Misspelled Surname

My last post was about how I found my grandfather’s younger brother’s birth announcement by searching a newspaper using their

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German Genealogy
October 16, 2017 Dana 4 Comments 1 min read

Tip: Search Newspaper Sites Using an Address

Searching newspaper sites for an address, instead of a name, can sometimes uncover articles which would not have been found

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Education
September 18, 2017 Dana 14 Comments 0 min read

“Enthusiastic” Again!

I haven’t blogged much in the past five or six months. I went through a significant genealogy “slump” where I

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Case Studies
May 9, 2017 Dana 5 Comments 1 min read

A Lack of Premarital Records

The last of his siblings to die, my husband’s grandfather either didn’t know or didn’t remember the names of his

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Research Tips
April 10, 2017 Dana 7 Comments 3 min read

TIPS: Working with German Newspaper Articles

As I mentioned in my last post, I recently found an article about one of my relatives from a 1916

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German Genealogy
April 8, 2017 Dana 6 Comments 2 min read

Incredible Fire Story Found in German Newspaper

I cannot read German. But, thanks to technology, I can still search German newspapers to find stories of my German

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