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Friday Findings:

AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors | August 14th 2009 by Miriam Robbins Midkiff

This week was too busy to get regular research done. But that doesn't mean it wasn't a genealogy-free week!First and foremost was my presentation Wednesday evening of "Frugal Genealogy or How Not to Spend a Fortune on Your Family Tree" at the Tri-Cit read more

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Friday Findings: BARBER, COLE and WILLIS Death Certficates

AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors | August 7th 2009 by Miriam Robbins Midkiff

I forgot to mention in last week's Friday Findings that I had found two of my ancestor's death certificates on the Seeking Michigan website: James W. BARBER and Elizabeth A. "Betsey" COLE were my paternal 3rd-great-grandparents. I had difficulty find read more

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Friday Findings: DeVRIES and other Dutch Lines

AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors | July 31st 2009 by Miriam Robbins Midkiff

The last couple of weeks have just been rather crazy and chaotic, and although I did have some great finds, keeping up with blogging about it wasn't easy.The first big find was when Henk van Kampen read my DeVRIES Surname Saturday post and left a com read more

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Friday Findings: A Potluck of Goodies

AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors | July 10th 2009 by Miriam Robbins Midkiff

This week brought a hodgepodge of different genealogical goodies my way!The Photo AlbumI've been reviewing and analyzing the contents of a photograph album/scrapbook that my maternal great-grandmother kept (one of the items my uncle brought out to us read more