January 2013
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Ancestry.com and the Luck of the Irish
My name is Tom McNamara. My paternal grandparents passed away when I was young, and my father never talked about his ancestors other than they had emigrated from County Clare Ireland during the potato famine.
My wife and I were planning a trip to Ireland so I joined Ancestry.com to find my roots. With the help of census records, passenger lists, and family trees, I was able to discover that my...
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Ask Ancestry Anne: Cousin Bait Blogging to Find...
It’s a New Year and I know you may have a genealogy resolution or two on your plate.
Maybe you should consider blogging? Or restart a blog you’ve let lapse?
Check out my Livestream presentation Cousin Bait: Blogging to Find Your Family or the PDF of the presentation.
My sample blog from the presentation is at cousinbaitforgenealogist.blogspot.com
I will also recommend a couple of...
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Your Story: Tip Brings Long-lost Answers
Growing up in Illinois, my family’s origins were almost invisible. I knew the names of my grandparents and great-grandparents, but I still wondered how we got here. I heard we came from Ireland or Germany or England, but those places seemed far off. In truth, it was like my family had sprung out of the ground in America, grilling burgers and going bowling.
It was only after my grandma passed...
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Ask Ancestry Anne: How Do I Decipher Census...
Question: What do the numbers in column 30 in the 1910 census mean? I have many relatives with different numbers in this column
— Jackie
Answer: Column 30 specifies whether the person owns (O) or rents (R) a home. But I suspect that you are referring to numbers such as the ones written in on the right hand side. They look as if they are written in a different handwriting than the census...
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Finding Patti Page
As I was washing dishes the other day, strains of How Much is That Doggie in the Window came drifting into the kitchen from the living room. My husband was watching the news and they were sadly reporting that Patti Page, who made that song famous, had died.
I must confess, I never really knew much about Patti Page. I didn’t have any of her records growing up, but in the early 60s, that 1953...
