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A
project via Kickstarter, which may interest you: Kicking up the Past.
“It's unique because we're relying strictly on the strength of the
genealogy community to provide both the story content & funds for this
effort.”
Free
is often good! Family Tree Magazine is
offering a Free Ebook, How To Search GenealogyBank.com, to anyone who signs up for their
free e-mail newsletter.
Do you agree? 15 Things the Internet
Killed Off. The Internet is so pervasive in
our personal and genealogical life. I
don’t quite think some of these things are yet dead – I still do read a print
newspaper, use disposable cameras when going snorkeling, and I still can/do fax
(though admittedly using a VOIP system and my scanner – so, I cheat!). What about you?
Sometimes we can use some professional assistance with our genealogy
research and the BranchOut
Sweepstakes by Ancestry.com
provides the chance that you might win some free professional assistance.
Neat
resource list from Genealogy’s Star, What
to do about archaic abbreviations. This post lists
both published and online resources for trying to decipher what those pesky
little abbreviations we are always coming across might mean!
Most of us think of
Ancestry.com as a subscription service (which it is), but there are some
databases that one can freely access.
Check out Ancestry Anne’s Top
Ten Free Data Collections on Ancestry. And, talking of FREE, Fold3 (owned
by Ancestry.com and also a subscription service) has some collections you can
freely access: Millions of Documents—all Free to search.
Researching Ohio ancestors in the Toledo Maplewood
What
a neat idea: a Google map tour of historic sites! My current hometown of Raleigh (NC) has
created such a tour map covering Hillsborough Street Progress
Energy Center
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