17 December 2015

Working a trade - the wife requires a land swap before relinquishing her rights to land being sold

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Example of a deed where the wife worked a land trade as part of consenting to the sale of her "Maiden Land" The Legal Genea...
16 December 2015

DNA Test Sales -- Great Holiday Gift for the Genetically Minded Genealogist

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All images from FamilyTreeDNA website (accessed 15 Dec 2015) Every year during the holidays, FTDNA and AncestryDNA have sales on thei...
15 December 2015

Don't Overlook Non-English Language Newspapers (U.S. & Canadian Published)

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page 1152 from the 1910 N.W. Ayer & Son's American newspaper annual and directory,  Hathi Trust Digital Library I write abou...
14 December 2015

Have you gone out on a Limb? Have you researched your Civil War ancestor and his artificial limb(s)?

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General Assembly Session Record (NC) (1891) -- A bill to be entitled an act for the relief of J.J. Bennett of Ashe County – “having right ...
11 December 2015

Cleaning house?!?! Soon to disappear Genealogy Tools and Services

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Yesterday’s blog post was about changes to 23andMe where information previously available to genealogists appears to be not available...
10 December 2015

Important Notice about 23andMe for Genetic Genealogists

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The world of genetic DNA testing is always changing.  Back in October, we reported that 23andMe receives approval to provide health i...
09 December 2015

NGS Launches Its Newest Course -- Genetic Genealogy: Autosomal DNA Course

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Arlington , VA , 9 December, 2015— The National Genealogical Society (NGS) proudly announces the release of its newest Continuing Genea...