Tag: Carol Stetser

Renewal Season

December 8, 2023 It’s December. Christmas preparations are in full swing for the upcoming holiday. Amidst the hurry and bustle, don’t forget that it’s also renewal season. Most local and regional genealogical societies run their membership year from January to December. That means it’s time to renew your membership now. It’s also a good time …

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Cousin Courtship

December 1, 2023 Genealogy makes me wish I had a time machine. It would be nice to go back in time and ask my great grandparents why they decided to come to America and exactly when they arrived. Those are two questions I haven’t been able to answer despite years of research.   I’d also …

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Don’t Forget Unmarried Relatives

November 24, 2023 Most genealogists start their research with their direct ancestors – grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on. Eventually we might add a few siblings to our tree. If we’re trying to trace a line forward to find living relatives, perhaps we’ll try to find the spouses and children of some of those siblings. We …

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