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A Cheat Sheet for U.S. Census Records

November 15, 2024 U.S. census records are one of the cornerstones of U.S. research. Since its inception in 1790 the census has been kept every ten years. Since 1850 each census has included the names and other information about all free Americans. Genealogists are never “done” researching in census records. Every new ancestor requires a …

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The Female Half

November 8, 2024 As any genealogist knows, it’s difficult to trace female lines. In fact, it’s so hard that many earlier genealogists didn’t even try. They concentrated on the male lines and omitted the women. If they did mention the women, it was usually in much less detail than the men.   There are a …

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Verifying Family Trees

November 1, 2024 Genealogists want to make their family trees as accurate as possible. We spend hours searching through old documents in repositories and online, looking for the records that give us the answers to our questions.   Experts tell us to find more than one source for every birth, death or marriage date that …

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