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A Nostalgic Look at Genealogy

March 6, 2020 Years ago when I started doing genealogy, resources were limited. Colorado is not the area where any of my ancestors had lived which meant that local sources were scarce. Since the internet was just getting started, online research wasn’t really an option, either. Genealogy software programs such as Family Tree Maker were …

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Playing with My Heritage’s Photo Colorization Feature

February 23, 2020   Like a lot of other genealogists, I’ve spent the past couple of days uploading photos to My Heritage’s website. I have a large collection of black and white photos of my ancestors that I’ve always wished were in color. Naturally, when I heard that My Heritage had developed a simple way …

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Hints on Narrowing and Broadening Searches on Ancestry

February 14, 2020 Nearly every genealogist uses Ancestry.com for his/her research, but many of us are probably not using it as well as we might be. I volunteer at the local library for walk-in one-on-one sessions, and I’ve noticed recently that several people have told me they’ve searched Ancestry for their ancestors to no avail. …

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