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>The Genealogy of the Adams Family, of Kingston, Mass. traces the Adams family back to 1677. This genealogy was written by George Adams and Theodore Parker Adams. The latter was the longest living graduate of Harvard University, according to newspaper clippings scanned along with a copy on file at Google Books.
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Today’s topic is gazetteers. The word gazetteer is a charming old one that does not seem to have much meaning for most people. Gazetteers are maps with a whole lot more data. The first gazetteers probably appeared before the first century b.c. Early gazetteers were maps that […]
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Welcome to Finding Family!
Genealogy is one of the fastest growing pastimes in the United States, and possibly the world. Hundreds of thousands of us are looking for our family history.
While visiting yet another genealogical library, I realized how many hundreds of family […]
…by Judy Rosella Edwards.
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Coles Station: The Ever-Changing Place Name - Today, the name has been cut in half, most of the houses are gone, and modern day Coles Station is mainly on the map because Staley Grain Elevator is located there. It may take twice as much effort to research Coles Station residents. Read more at GenWeekly News […]
I have just received news that my latest publication, “33 Worst Mistakes Writers Make About Genealogy & Family History,” is to be released on April 21, 2008! Watch for more news updates here!
This is the post I created Thursday evening. Greetings, ICC!
All too often, we seem to think of college as a modern invention and mostly for urbanites. Although some of the colleges
have changed names and even locations over the years, you just might be surprised where great-great-grandpa went to college. They might also provide insight into the family’s migration history.
Read the more at …
GenWeekly […]
I recall a time when I firmly held the belief that I, who know nearly nothing about Black Hole Theory beyond how to spell it, could post a detailed explanation on the internet that would be cited far and wide as fact just because it was on the internet. That’s probably quite true still.
But there […]
I am curious to see how well this works. I teach ‘07 so I guess I ought to learn how to do it for real even though most people I teach are probably not going to use it.
So far, I have had numerous failures getting this to post. There is pretty decent Blog Help online […]
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