tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85218529288595862522024-03-13T03:18:50.303-07:00Focus On Family HistorySunday bulletin announcement ideasLisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-22280507722659415682014-06-29T08:49:00.000-07:002014-06-27T17:06:43.864-07:00Passport Applications<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CCRzhf85MQMqKTVjPYbx7uvcQM2DEj3l4k9br5T-Ycwry0nc8S4ddEeNLGbxcti67etqz2Nyf71ISbmxz9lVuNGk0r0a0hLaTsRTlpx-y2REjCo0Notz16OayvdyhjVUmrbabi9VxZAi/s1600-h/Hannah+Lee+Bird+passport+app.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CCRzhf85MQMqKTVjPYbx7uvcQM2DEj3l4k9br5T-Ycwry0nc8S4ddEeNLGbxcti67etqz2Nyf71ISbmxz9lVuNGk0r0a0hLaTsRTlpx-y2REjCo0Notz16OayvdyhjVUmrbabi9VxZAi/s400/Hannah+Lee+Bird+passport+app.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284519253492849922" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 400px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 238px;" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your ancestors ever traveled abroad, they may have applied for a passport. Before the 1940’s, passports were not required for international travel except during times of war (Civil War and WW I, particularly). However, many Americans applied for passports even when they were not required to do so. More than a half million passports were issued between 1810 and 1909.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Passport applications generally included the birth date and birth place of the applicant (with a sworn affidavit from someone who knew them personally), plus a physical description (height, weight, hair color, etc.). Later passports included photos. An entire family might be listed on a single passport. A woman might be listed on her husband’s passport. Missionaries who served abroad often applied for passports.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqAam0JnA0sJWtY58Ct4dj1D4Tr-Af0Mek9tfEafZ8H0iR4zAvobahYha8CJc_4pFaqjSvY8RoiQ5-tKMrIWChiOeUTQ9Iwt1e10wS6JatQiD3jTyecxVXy7WZ3tz5Z-EJXbMNbYbeiID/s1600-h/JosephLWirthlin+passport.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqAam0JnA0sJWtY58Ct4dj1D4Tr-Af0Mek9tfEafZ8H0iR4zAvobahYha8CJc_4pFaqjSvY8RoiQ5-tKMrIWChiOeUTQ9Iwt1e10wS6JatQiD3jTyecxVXy7WZ3tz5Z-EJXbMNbYbeiID/s400/JosephLWirthlin+passport.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284917321935073410" style="float: left; height: 341px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fold3.com/browse.php#253|h8J_-ezPe" target="_blank">Fold3</a> and <a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174">Ancestry.com</a> both have indexed collections of US passports. <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list" target="_blank">FamilySearch</a> has unindexed passport collections from Portugal and Spain. To see a list of passport collections, type "passport" in the [Filter by collection name] box in the upper left corner.</span><br />
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<br />Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-43842178951705062562014-06-22T19:23:00.000-07:002014-06-22T19:23:00.248-07:00California Digital Newspaper Collection<div dir="ltr">
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If your ancestors lived in California, you may find information about them in the <a href="http://cdnc.ucr.edu/">California Digital Newspaper Collection</a> at <a href="http://cdnc.ucr.edu/">cdnc.ucr.edu</a>. Hosted by the University of California, Riverside, the website contains more than 500,000 digitized and text-searchable pages from California newspapers dating from 1846 to 1922. <br />
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-78255555965005072442014-06-14T12:28:00.000-07:002014-06-14T12:28:00.195-07:00The faith of our fathers<div dir="ltr">
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Father's Day may find you humming "<a href="https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/faith-of-our-fathers?lang=eng">Faith of our fathers</a>, holy faith, We will be true to thee till death!" Knowing the faith of your fathers can be very helpful in understanding their stories, as well as finding their records. Church records can be a rich source of family information: births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, transfers to other parishes/locations, deaths and burials.<br />
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Some denominations centralize their records, while others may be kept by individual congregations. Older records might be housed in a local public library or private archive. Church records that have been published into books (annual church directories, quarterly conference reports) may be available digitally on <a href="http://books.google.com/">Google Books</a>. <br />
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-38053947090660853042014-06-08T12:16:00.000-07:002014-06-29T15:35:10.178-07:00Super simple scanning to the FamilySearch Family Tree!<div dir="ltr">
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Have you got a photo or document that helps tell your family story? Have you got a FamilySearch.org login and two minutes?<br />
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Bring that photo or document (or a stack of them) to the <a href="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Williamsburg_Virginia_Family_History_Center">Williamsburg Family History Center</a>, log into your <a href="https://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch.org</a>
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instructions, see <a href="https://www.lds.org/bc/content/ldsorg/topics/family-history/center-director/pdfs/Lexmark_Scanner_Job_Aid_Final_English.pdf?lang=eng">How to Scan Documents to Family Tree</a>.<br />
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-49234241482406984942014-06-01T11:56:00.000-07:002014-06-12T11:59:21.704-07:00Using Find-A-Record to clean up the FamilySearch Family Tree<div dir="ltr">
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If a lot of information about your ancestors has been added to the FamilySearch Family Tree by others or comes from merged records from other systems, you may have difficulty figuring out where you can begin. <a href="https://www.findarecord.com/research/familysearch">Find-A-Record Research Assistant </a>is a free tool that evaluates your FamilySearch Family Tree and provides a list of opportunities:<br />
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Find-A-Record is a great tool whether you're a beginner or an experienced researcher. To get started, go to <a href="https://www.findarecord.com/">findarecord.com</a> and click on [Start]. Simply log in using your <a href="https://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch.org</a> user name and password, then click on each Opportunity to see what you can do!</div>
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-91877790378563779122014-05-25T11:46:00.000-07:002014-06-12T11:48:58.398-07:00Remembering our ancestors who died in the service of our nation<div dir="ltr">
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When Gen. John Logan gave orders for the decoration of soldiers' graves on that <a href="http://www.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/history.asp?utm_source=3birds&utm_medium=Web&utm_campaign=AUBURNVW_Fun+Facts+About+Memorial+Day">first Decoration Day in 1868</a>, he said:<br />
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To help ensure we don't forget, take time this Memorial Day to learn more about your ancestors who served in the military. <a href="https://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch.org</a> has more than 100 collections of <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list/?page=1&recordType=Military">military records</a>. Also try the National Archives' <a href="http://aad.archives.gov/aad/">Access to Archival Databases (AAD)</a>.</div>
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-66996650613047344532014-05-18T12:07:00.000-07:002014-06-12T12:09:12.313-07:00Preparing a family name for the temple<div dir="ltr">
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Getting names ready for the temple? Make sure that you have collected enough information to uniquely identify the individual for whom you wish to provide sacred ordinances. The best way to do that is to complete birth, marriage and death information in the Family Tree, including complete dates and places. Attach several sources that confirm the accuracy of the information. Sources can include official vital records, census records, cemetery or obituary transcriptions, military draft cards, ship manifests, etc. <br />
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If you don't know when and where the nameless woman married, start looking for a marriage in the place where the first child was born, a year or two before the birth. Other records to check include the marriage licenses and death certificates of each of her children, even the children who are not your direct line ancestor. Sometimes you can learn her maiden name by noting the surname of a mother-in-law listed in the same household in a census record. Be sure to attach each record you find to the FamilySearch Family Tree to create a permanent record of the woman's life.</div>
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-14481264573881289402014-04-13T11:40:00.000-07:002014-05-09T11:46:11.679-07:00Getting Help with FamilySearch - 24x7 support<div dir="ltr">
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-31669261830298361672014-03-30T11:38:00.000-07:002014-05-10T18:07:59.428-07:00MacFamily Tree for OS X<div dir="ltr">
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If you are a Mac user and have long wished for a program that would share information with the <a href="https://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch</a> Family Tree, you are in luck! MacFamily Tree 7.0 by <a href="http://www.syniumsoftware.com/">Synium Software</a> has attained full FamilySearch "<a href="https://familysearch.org/products">Tree Share</a>" status. MacFamily Tree syncs to iCloud, so you can access your database from multiple OS X computers. Their MobileFamilyTree app works with iPad and iPhone. To learn more, or to download a free trial version, go to <a href="http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree/">syniumsoftware.com</a>. </div>
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-74675542356806409072014-03-23T11:42:00.000-07:002014-03-23T11:42:00.117-07:00Making your email address "public" on FamilySearch.org<div dir="ltr">
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One major purpose of the FamilySearch Family Tree is to facilitation collaboration - working with people we may not even know to document the lives of our ancestors. Anything you add or change in the tree is associated with your contact name so that we all know who made what changes.<br />
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-50755377086342910312014-03-09T09:50:00.000-07:002014-03-26T18:27:12.405-07:00Free access to Ancestry.com, findmypast, and MyHeritge<div dir="ltr">
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-83863168565749948632014-03-02T09:52:00.000-08:002014-05-09T16:34:45.969-07:00Sharing is great, but not for FamilySearch accounts!<div dir="ltr">
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-18562567559937830332014-02-09T09:53:00.000-08:002014-03-25T15:09:13.809-07:00Watch RootsTech 2014 Sessions Online<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Watch sessions of last week's <b>Global RootsTech Conference</b> online for free! This is the world's largest family history and technology conference. It's for anyone from a beginner to an expert. So whether you are looking for tips and ideas, or a little extra motivation, check it out online at <a href="https://rootstech.org/about/videos/">RootsTech.org</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hear from internationally known bloggers <a href="http://bcove.me/vbzekejj">Ree Drummond (Pioneer Woman)</a> and <a href="http://bcove.me/dnkli5xp">Stephanie Nielson</a>. See the <a href="http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/">Legal Genealogist</a>, Judy Russell, assemble and dismantle her family tree in her fantastic lecture about <i>purposely</i> and <i>accurately</i> telling our family stories. Learn "<a href="http://bcove.me/xhigf9y2">What's New and What's Next</a>" in the FamilySearch Family Tree from FamilySearch's own Ron Tanner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you're an iPad user, check out Lisa Louise Cook's excellent session, "<a href="http://bcove.me/qlcswjre">Become an iPad Power User</a>". </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Interested in Going Paperless? Watch "</span><a href="http://bcove.me/x1psdj6v" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Beginners Guide to Going Paperless</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">". Or "</span><a href="http://bcove.me/mfcnuir1" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Do it Yourself Photo Restoration</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">" by the </span><a href="http://www.ancestryinsider.org/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ancestry Insider</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (without his mask!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are 19 separate videos, and some of them contain multiple lectures. World-class family history learning from the comfort of home!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-58315535075575598552014-02-02T10:00:00.000-08:002014-03-26T10:42:53.472-07:00FamilySearch Memories - much more than photos<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Memories are much more than photos! The Photos feature on FamilySearch.org is now called <b>Memories</b>. Upload photos and documents, record stories, and create albums about your ancestors. It's simple to do and lets you share your precious memories with all of your family.</span><br />
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-47124535720310876112014-01-26T10:01:00.000-08:002014-03-25T15:21:10.389-07:00Italian Civil Registration Records<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You're in luck if your ancestors were Italian! Under an agreement with the Italian state archives (Direzione Generale per gli Archivi) signed in 2011, FamilySearch has been microfilming and publishing civil registration records from Italy. When the project is complete, all birth, marriage, and death records from 1802 to 1940 will be available online at FamilySearch.org. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />To see what records are being indexed, go to FamilySearch.org/indexing and click on [<a href="https://familysearch.org/indexing/projects">Find a Project</a>]. Search for Italy, and you'll see what projects are in process, and which ones are complete (and can be searched by name).</span>Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-57046484150412556462014-01-19T13:12:00.000-08:002014-03-21T11:56:37.265-07:00Canadian Records on FamilySearch.org<div dir="ltr">
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Do you have Canadians in your family tree? Check out the resources for Canada at FamilySearch.org. Collections currently include <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list?page=1&region=CANADA&recordType=Vital">birth, marriage and death</a>; church, <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list?page=1&region=CANADA&recordType=Census">census</a>, cemetery, military, land, <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list?page=1&region=CANADA&recordType=Legal">court</a>, and <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list?page=1&region=CANADA&recordType=Migration">ship passenger records</a>, and the list is growing. Records for some parts of Canada date to the early 1700's.</div>
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While you can search all of those collections simultaneously by entering basic criteria (first name, last name, birth and/or death information) on the main search screen at FamilySearch.org, you will get more useful results by searching collections individually. To see the <a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list?page=1&region=CANADA">list of collections for Canada</a>, go to FamilySearch.org and click on the Search tab. Scroll down until you see the map of the world, then click on the link for Canada in the list of geographies. Narrow the list of results to a specific province by clicking on the link (Ontario, for example). Keep in mind that any Canada-wide collections (like the 1901 Canada census) will not be included in the province-specific list, even though that province was included in that census.</div>
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Has it been a few months (or years?!) since you did anything with your family history? Wondering where to begin? Take just five minutes <i><b>today</b></i> to log in to <a href="https://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch.org</a> to see your Family Tree. (Your LDS.org account login and password are also your FamilySearch.org login and password.) Once you're logged in and viewing the tree, click one of the small right arrows to display additional generations. </div>
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Each generation should list the full name of both father and mother and should display both birth and death years. If there are blanks where years should be, or if the word "deceased" is there instead of a year, begin by finding and recording that information.<br />
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-42546681464962005082013-12-15T19:08:00.000-08:002014-03-21T10:52:55.472-07:00Using a census for family history research<blockquote type="cite">
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<li>The search results you get when you use <a href="http://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch.org</a>, <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>, or any other web site are an index designed to point you to the actual census record. Don't stop with the index! Look at the image, and learn what every field means.</li>
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Do you have a box of old Christmas cards? Letters and Christmas cards can help you learn more about your family. Do you recognize the handwriting? Is it signed? Is the address familiar? <br />
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Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-34494350492133126512013-12-01T12:51:00.000-08:002014-03-21T17:19:42.169-07:00Finding Your mid-1800's Ancestors in a Published Local HistoryIf your ancestors lived in a small community in the US in the late 1800's, it is possible they may have been mentioned in a local history book. County histories tell the story of the formation of the county, list local churches and civic organizations, and include biographies and photos of prominent citizens. Learning more about the county where your ancestors lived can help you better understand <i>how</i> they lived, and can give you clues about what records might exist.<br />
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Even better than having an index in the back of a hard-bound book, many county histories are now available online, which means they are fully text-searchable. Some of the largest collections of digital family history books are at FamilySearch <a href="https://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&dstmp=1395446599855&vid=FHD_PUBLIC&fromLogin=true">Family History Books</a>, <a href="https://archive.org/">Internet Archive</a>, and <a href="http://books.google.com/">Google Books</a>. <br />
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Public libraries, university libraries or historical societies may have digital content unique to their area. Look for a "Local History" link, or search their catalog for your ancestor's surname, plus the county (or community) and state, e.g., Wunderlich Cole County Missouri or the surname and "local history".<br />
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Do you have family ties to North Carolina? Early North Carolina records are available digitally at the State Archives of North Carolina web site. Digital collections include early newspapers, family Bible records, War of 1812 pay vouchers, cemetery transcriptions, marriage records, estates, guardianships, and more.<br />
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To search <a href="http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/digital/ncfamilyrecords/">North Carolina Family Records Online</a>, start at the <a href="http://www.ncdcr.gov/archives/Home.aspx">State Archives of North Carolina</a> and click on the link to <a href="http://www.ncdcr.gov/archives/Public/DigitalCollectionsandPublications.aspx">Digital Collections and Publications</a> in the green "For the Public" box. (Or bookmark the page!)Lisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606175403078827321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8521852928859586252.post-91921366581617124952013-11-10T12:52:00.000-08:002014-03-22T18:08:41.233-07:00Use your smart phone and a blog to capture your family story!<div dir="ltr">
If you've got a smart phone, use it to help you capture your family story as it unfolds. Blogger and Wordpress are free blogging sites, and both have smart phone apps that can combine text, photos, and videos on-the-spot blog to create blog posts. Blogs can have multiple contributors, so family members who live far away can tell part of the story, too. Make your blog private, if you'd like, so only those you invite can view it.<br /><br />Because those blog posts are stored in the "<a href="http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/07/why-cloud-computing-makes-sense-for-genealogy.html">cloud</a>", they won't disappear if you lose your phone or accidentally delete everything when you upgrade to your next phone. <br /><br />
Waiting until you have "more time" to begin recording memories means that you're losing precious moments along the way! To get started, go to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/start">www.blogger.com/start</a> or <a href="http://learn.wordpress.com/get-started/">learn.wordpress.com/get-started/</a>.</div>
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If you have West Virginia ancestors, try searching West Virginia vital records using the West Virginia Division of Culture and History Website at <a href="http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/">http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/</a>. Their collections are easy to search, and results are displayed in chronological order by county name, making it easy to quickly scan search results. <br />
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Index entries are linked directly to JPG images that you can view and download. Each collection (birth, marriage, and death records) has its own search page that includes a county-by-county listing of what years are included. Since there are often gaps in record coverage, this information may be particularly helpful if you do not find a record for your ancestor.<br />
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