Category Archives: Genealogy Research Tips

Google Tips for Genealogy: The Basics

Genealogists are always looking for “dead people,” our ancestors. With the increase of genealogy sites on the Internet, quite often we head for Google to find out if there just might be some information about our elusive ancestors floating around … Continue reading

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Social Security Death Index

As time permits, I am entering information from the Social Security Death Index to individuals in the four genealogy databases. To see why this could be important to you, check out the RootsWeb Information Page on this index. The “Application … Continue reading

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Serving Their Country

Serving Their Country By Fran Bolton jfrbol@aol.com If you can’t find your ancestor, especially if he is a young man, on the 1920 U.S. census in the state you know (or think) he lived in, consider putting “ALL” in the … Continue reading

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NSDAR Volunteers Offer Lookups

NSDAR VOLUNTEERS OFFER LOOKUPS. Do you think you might have an ancestor who served in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)? Would you like to know whether your ancestor is listed with the National Society of the Daughters of the American … Continue reading

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Using Search Engines: Googling Your Ancestors

by Ted Pack tedpack@thevision.net http://www.tedpack.org/ This will be new and exciting to some of you. Others of you will wonder what I’ll do next — explain how to “dial” a telephone by pushing the little buttons? You can sometimes use … Continue reading

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