October 2012
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Descending from Evil: The Story of Herman Webster...
On the surface Herman Webster Mudgett seemed to be a productive member of society. Born and raised in the small state of New Hampshire, Herman turned his fascination with the human body into a career when he graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1884. Wealthy, well-educated and refined, the young doctor moved to Chicago where he became the owner of a drugstore, and...
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AncestryDNA: Now Available to Order Online
Great news, the new AncestryDNA test is available to order right now! Over the past several months, AncestryDNA was available by invitation only. We’ve sent out all of our invitations, and now the test is available to everyone—you’re all invited! All you have to do is go to the AncestryDNA site, click the orange “Get AncestryDNA” button, and order your test.
As a perk to our Ancestry.com...
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Win Screening Passes for NEW Steven Spielberg...
Attention Ancestry.com fans! We are collaborating with DreamWorks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox’s Lincoln, in theaters November 16, 2012. We will soon be announcing some exciting news in a few weeks, so sit tight.
LINCOLN is in theaters November 9th, 2012 (Limited) and Nationwide November 16th, 2012.
One Day - Advance Screening Pass Giveaway - Tuesday, October 9
In the meantime, we...
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Searching for Cave's Parents
I have searched for months for the parents of my great-great grandfather, Cave Johnson Bearden. He was born 26 December 1870, in Tennessee, and died 15 January 1952 in Montgomery County, Tennessee.
From what I’ve found in census records, it appears he has always resided in middle Tennessee. Through other member stories, his parents died when he was a little child and he was raised by Benjamin...
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Your Story: Twisted Branches
When I first got Family Tree Maker, I was just checking to make sure the “How is this person related to me?” button would actually work. To test it out, I clicked on my mother’s name in my tree. As expected it said she was my mother, but I was flabbergasted to learn she was also my fifth cousin. That sent me scrambling up all branches of my tree to see where they crossed. Low and...
