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Girls of a certain
age (and that does include my college-age daughter) remember playing with paper
dolls. I do believe that they still
exist though not as the centerpiece of our lives they once were. I remember spending many hours with paper
dolls, although I was always frustrated when I couldn’t get the tabs to fold
just right! Reading the article From Little Fanny to Fluffy Ruffles:
The Scrappy History of Paper Dolls brought back these memories and
also gave me some context into their popularity and history. Might my ancestors have also played with
paper dolls? Speaking of paper dolls, I just stumbled across Heritage Paper Dolls -- free paper doll fashion pages
for the Clara paper doll. The clothing is based on beautiful vintage
fashions.
Did
your ancestors serve in the Royal Navy and receive a pension? Did they or their widow die between 1830 and
1860? Did someone apply to receive
unpaid wages or pensions? If this is
possible for an ancestor of yours, check out Next of kin claims
for unpaid Royal Navy pensions 1830-1860.
Researching
ancestors in Perth, Western Australia?
If so, check out this extensive resource list posted by James Tanner (Genealogy’s
Star)
Colorado Springs (CO) has a neat index to articles called the Pikes Peak NewsFinder.
Currently, citations to local news articles and obituaries from
the Colorado Springs Gazette and
other local newspapers, and citations to the Colorado Springs Death Registers
for 1/6/1872-5/11/2014 are included.
Mug
Shots. Were any of your ancestors
imprisoned or wanted? If so, they may
have had their mug shot taken and such would be an invaluable addition to your
collection and also possibly tell you where a hidden ancestor disappeared
to. Check out these collections: Doing Hard Time:
Historic Nebraska Mug Shots, Vintage Mugshots
from the 1920s, and Child mugshots of
the 1800s were like a depressing episode of The Little Rascals. Google on historic + mug + shots
for additional collections.
If I haven’t mentioned this resource before, check out the European History Primary Sources and its news archive. I get a periodic feed of new additions and if
you are doing European research you’ll want to see what is available. For example, through this I learned about the Archivio
di Stato di Venezia, which contains documents that were produced by the
Venetian government until the 20th century. When you visit the site, you can use Google
Translate or similar to convert the native language website into English (or
another language).
Though no new
census records will be released for several years, it’s never too early to
prepare for the release of the 1950 census or make sure we fully understand the
records of the 1850-1940 censuses. A
great tool to help with this is the Enumerator Instructions page created by the Minnesota Population
Center , University of Minnesota
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