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Genealogy Basics: Birth Record Research Advice for Beginners
Vital records, records of births, deaths, and marriages, are a basic part of genealogical research...
This Week’s Free Genealogy Lookups
Browse this week’s featured genealogy databases, read their descriptions, and submit a free lookup...
Would My Ancestors Recognize the Story I Wrote About Them?
I deleted a sentence because I’d gone farther than the records allowed. That small change left me...
Genealogy Helps, Vol. 1 (Free eBook)
Genealogy Helps, Vol. 1 offers practical ideas for finding and learning more about your ancestors...
The Real Goondocks: The History of Astoria, Oregon, Behind The Goonies
I have always enjoyed The Goonies. It has everything I want in a fun adventure movie: an old...
The Lost Treasure of Francis Wainwright (Free eBook)
Francis Wainwright, an early Puritan settler in New England, was one of the wealthiest men in the...