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I had been contemplating adding a second monitor to my desktop CPU … but why? I can just set up my laptop next to it. Most [...]

St. Charles MO Updates

Published in May 24th, 2008

Posted by Judy Rosella Edwards in Genealogy

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There is a new treaure online. 1903 Goulds Directory listing of people living in St Charles, Mo.. Alphabetical list of names only.There are a few hundred names on this list.
http://genealogytrails.com/mo/stcharles/1903goulds.html

Kentucky Genealogy

Published in May 24th, 2008

Posted by Judy Rosella Edwards in Genealogy

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I see there are updates to Wolfe and Jefferson County, Kentucky, over on Genealogy Trails.
They need a new volunteer host for Wolfe County. Info is on the Wolfe County
website. Same goes for Jefferson County.
Use my search tool to find books on these counties. A great one is “Early Kentucky Settlers: The Records of [...]

Michigan Updates

Published in May 21st, 2008

Posted by Judy Rosella Edwards in Genealogy

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I see the Michigan Genealogy Trails has updates.
Several counties with vital records. Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Cass, Clinton, Eaton, Genessee, Hillsdale, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Marquette, Midland, Monroe and Montcalm.
BERRIEN Bios of Fisher & Kaiser
DELTA Christenings
GRAND TRAVERSE Cemetery Data and a News Article [...]

Finding Family vol. 1 no. 3 April 23, 2008

Published in April 24th, 2008

Posted by Judy Rosella Edwards in Genealogy

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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.

If you are interested in [...]

Finding Family vol. 1 no. 2 April 22, 2008

Published in April 22nd, 2008

Posted by Judy Rosella Edwards in Genealogy

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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 [...]

FINDING FAMILY vol. I number 1 April 21, 2008

Published in April 22nd, 2008

Posted by Judy Rosella Edwards in Genealogy, Writers Corner

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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 [...]