Bob Larson
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Julian Versus Gregorian Calendar Systems
(Ancestry Blog – January 19, 2016) What, you say, that can’t be right. Ancestors’ birthdays don’t just change, do they? They might, if you’re looking at the wrong calendar. Most of us are familiar with a single calendar—the Gregorian calendar, the one we use today. But, depending on the country, not all that long ago, …
After You’ve Searched the Basic Records, What’s Next?
(Kimberly Powell’s Genealogy Blog – January 19, 2016) Family History Research in Manuscript Collections You’ve found birth, death and marriage records for your ancestors. Traced them through every census enumeration you can find. Perhaps you’ve even found a will, or a newspaper obituary. What’s next? Here we take a peek at just a few small …
Genealogy Tips: What’s His Name Again?
(GenealogyBank – January 16, 2015) Genealogists pay careful attention to names, searching diligently to find the complete names of every relative. But sometimes those names have been changed. It might be that one of your ancestors or cousins legally changed their name – and it is also likely that changing it took some effort on …