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A few years ago, some of my relatives created a family tree for my father's side. We could only go back a few generations - Eastern Europe was a quagmire when my family left, and surnames were changed, records were lost.
In other families, however, li... 
A few years ago, some of my relatives created a family tree for my father's side. We could only go back a few generations - Eastern Europe was a quagmire when my family left, and surnames were changed, records were lost.
In other families, however, lineage can be traced back for centuries. The art and science of genealogy not only gives us identity, but it connects us in ways we might never have imagined. With the advent of accurate DNA testing, researchers can even determine when the most recent common ancestor of all living humans walked the Earth.
The sources below bring us resources, personal tales and even podcasts about building family histories. Perhaps you can trace your own roots, or like me, you can read the story of another family and wonder what you would find if you could just figure out in which shtetl your great-great-grandmother lived.
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John at Transylvanian Dutch has found that the Cook County Vital Records site is now live.
I just purchased and downloaded a marriage certificate a few minutes ago. The site is fairly easy to use. One minor complaint: wild card searches aren't an option. Instead, soundex is supported. (Why? The Missouri State Archives...
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I have written before about Personal Ancestry Writer II (PAWriter II), a free genealogy program for Macintosh. I find it to be a great program, especially considering its price tag of zero. PAWriter runs on all PowerMacs and Intel Macs under all MacOS versions, including Leopard 10.5.2. (A 100% compatible OS 9 version is...
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DearREADERS,Our friends at FamilySearch have been busy today, with a second important notice -- this one about a new designation for genealogy software called "FamilySearch Certified". This certification is described by Generation Maps' Janet Havorka aka the Chart Chick in her blog posting "Official Certification from New...
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DearREADERS,Two years ago I purchased a bunch of trees, leaves and pumpkin stamps from MyAncestorsFound.com, much to the delight of my grandchildren. We used these stamps with an assortment of colored inks to embellish several ancestor bios I'd drawn up. Ol' Myrt here is constantly looking for ways to involve youth in family...
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NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following text was just circulated to Family History Consultants by FamilySearch. One problem I foresee with keeping data SOLELY online is the fact that the new FamilySearch allows one to see ONLY one's self, and deceased ancestors. Spouses would not be able to see each other's info.The Future of...
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Back in May, I blogged about an agreement between NARA and Ancestry that would allow Ancestry to digitize records onsite at Ancestry. I was browsing through the Ancestry blog and apparently that process has begun.
While Ancestry has made digitized copies of previously microfilmed records available in the past, what’s...
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NOTE: The following article has nothing to do with genealogy. However, I have written about telephone cost reduction methods before, and some people seem to appreciate the articles; so, I'll publish one more. Do you need your telephone? Is it worth the price you pay for monthly service? I stopped using a regular telephone a...
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DNA tests on the heart of Frédéric Chopin—preserved since his death in 1849—may prove whether the composer suffered from cystic fibrosis.Grzegorz Michalski, director of Poland's National Fryderyk Chopin Institute, says the last known time the heart was examined, just after the end of World War II, it appeared to be perfectly...
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Roots Television took a camera to the recent Southern California Genealogy Jamboree held in Burbank, California. They made a number of videos of the events and people there, and those videos are now being placed on the company's web site. If you did not attend the conference, you might like to watch these to get an idea of...