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AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors

AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors

http://ancestories1.blogspot.com

Welcome to my blog about my genealogical research: my triumphs, my challenges, my research notes...plus some tips and links for you.

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  • MyHeritage.com Acquires Major Family Network OSN

    Posted on Thursday February 4th, 2010 at 08:39 am in news

    MyHeritage.com Acquires Major Family Network OSN (Verwandt.de) to Accelerate Building the World’s Family GraphWith 13 million family trees, 47 million members and 530 million profiles, MyHeritage.com becomes the largest international site dedicated...

  • Footnote Releases New Vietnam Records and Photos

    Posted on Thursday February 4th, 2010 at 08:31 am in news, military, footnote.com

    FOOTNOTE.COM AND THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES RELEASE NEW VIETNAM WAR PHOTOS AND RECORDS ONLINE-Over 27,000 Photos And Records Are Added To The Largest Online Vietnam War CollectionLindon, UT – February 4, 2010 – Today Footnote.com announced a major add...

  • 52 Weeks Equals One Year of Great Genealogy!

    Posted on Thursday February 4th, 2010 at 04:00 am in tips

    It's only been six weeks since the New Year began. Many of us made resolutions to increase our learning in genealogy or--if we are bloggers or write journals--to improve our writing in some way.Several well-known and experienced bloggers have come up...

  • Saving and Printing Newspaper Articles at Chronicling America

    Posted on Wednesday February 3rd, 2010 at 08:04 pm in tips, robbins

    Please note: I did some editing to this post, adding more images and changing some of the steps to clarify the process of printing and saving images from the Chronicling America website. I was recently asked by a fellow member of our genealogical soc...

  • Frugal Genealogy: Obituaries

    Posted on Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 at 08:04 am in tips

      Libraries will often make copies of obits and mail or e-mail them to you for a very low cost (or free!). An example of this occurred several years ago while I was trying to track down an obituary for Frederika (STEEN) WILKINSON the sister-in-l...

  • Madness Monday: The Death Notice of James W. BARBER\'s son, Orlando

    Posted on Monday February 1st, 2010 at 11:27 pm in barber

    Death Notice of Orlando Barber, Lapeer County Press (Lapeer, Michigan), 26 December 1910, p. 4, col. 3This notice of the death of my great-great-grandfather, Orlando BARBER, shows that his father and my brickwall ancestor, James W. BARBER, was living...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 3 comments.

5 stars Grace Lee

I have found your blog very interesting and get very immersed in the stories you write. I often start reading about one story and before I know it I have spent some time on your site. Miriam do keep it up I am an enthralled reader.

kind regards,
Grace

Posted: 2009-04-29

juliemc77

5 stars Julie

Love your blog!

Posted: 2008-12-16 | More Reviews From juliemc77

Theresa111

5 stars Theresa Hall

Very interesting. I began reading, became immersed and forgot all about what I was doing. Cool. I see tha you visited me and hope you'll make return visits. Thank you very much. :)
"Sleeping Kitten - Dancing Dog!'

Posted: 2007-07-17 | More Reviews From Theresa111

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