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Have you tried this research resource? Were your ancestors Episcopalian? The online Archives of the Episcopal Church gives some guidance on finding Episcopalian church records for your ancestors. The most important thing to remember is that records in the Episcopal Church are maintained and archived at the individual church, or parish, level. Therefore, their Parish Finder database is handy for finding current parishes in a particular location. Their suggestions for finding records of no-longer-existing parishes are quite helpful as well. Further, they give guidance on finding clergy biography records, mission records, colonial records, etc. So be sure to explore all of their suggestions. Other days, other things... Happy Researching!
~Caroline © Copyright 2013 4YourFamilyStory.com -- All Rights Reserved.
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Have you tried this research resource? Locating and contacting a genealogical society or historical society in the location your ancestor once lived {or did anything in, really} can greatly increase your chances for research success. Be patient with these volunteer groups. Many are in transitioning phases trying to see just how they can be of service to the general public using technology. However, many have publications, surname lists, family group sheets, memoirs, pedigree charts that just might help you find that one clue you've been needing to solve your family history mystery {or to help you find living family members}. Use this handy dandy list of genealogical and historical societies on CensusFinder.com. You can also look to state genealogical & historical society websites {using Google} as well as the Federation of Genealogical Societies' website to help you find a local-to-your-ancestor's-residence society. And, of course, joining that society -- even from afar -- or making a small donation can help their organization continue to offer their services and enhance their offerings via technology. Win-win. Other things, other days... Happy Researching! ~Caroline © Copyright 2013 4YourFamilyStory.com -- All Rights Reserved. Today's Things...
Have you tried this research resource? Obitlinkspage.com is a free state-by-state directory of obituaries and related material. Other days, other things...
Happy Researching! ~Caroline © Copyright 2013 4YourFamilyStory.com -- All Rights Reserved.
Have you tried this research resource? Quite a few organizations and institutions have been spotlighting their collections on the popular image-centric blogging platform, Tumblr. And here is a list created on a wiki of those using Tumblr to spotlight their collections. If one isn't listed that should be there, add it. {The beauty of a wiki.} What a great resource to see if an organization or institution {of higher learning} is blogging their collections on Tumblr and what a delight if that collection includes an image of your ancestor or images of the location in the time period your ancestor lived in! Happy Researching! ~Caroline © Copyright 2013 4YourFamilyStory.com -- All Rights Reserved. Other days, other things that might interest you...
Have you tried this research resource? Find newspapers from all over the world in many languages via the interactive website NewspaperMap.com. Happy Researching! ~Caroline © Copyright 2013 4YourFamilyStory.com -- All Rights Reserved. Other days, other things that might interest you...
Daily Resource Spotlight: Have you ever wondered what life was like for your U.S. military ancestor? Just what was their military story? Then you'll want to take a look at the Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project, an online presentation made possible by the American Folklife Center. While audio and video interviews with veterans from the Vietnam War are being spotlighted on the front page, a combination of audio, video, and transcripts of interviews are available for searching and browsing by war and/ or military branch and it goes back to World War I. Happy Researching! ~Caroline © Copyright 2013 4YourFamilyStory.com -- All Rights Reserved. Other days, other things that might interest you...
Daily Resource Spotlight: Historical maps can really help us out when we're researching our ancestors, and a great online map resource is the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. Of special note is the Google Earth application where we can overlay an historical map over the same spot in Google Earth. {Found under Quick Links in the right side bar.} Happy Researching! ~Caroline © Copyright 2013 4YourFamilyStory.com -- All Rights Reserved.
Daily Resource Spotlight: The Lomax Family Collections at The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, "...encompasses more than 100 collections and includes 700 linear feet of manuscripts, 10,000 sound recordings, 6000 graphic images, and 6000 moving images... created by Alan Lomax, John A. Lomax, Sr., and many others..." and contains many documents, folk songs, photos, manuscripts, etc. beginning in 1933. And 2 of their online collections from the Lomax family include over 400 photographs which are available as a searchable online collection from mainly southern states including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia and a searchable online collection of textual transcriptions of songs and field notes from the Lomax family's southern trip in 1939. Was your family ever interviewed, recorded, or photographed by the Lomax family? Happy Researching! ~Caroline © Copyright 2013 4YourFamilyStory.com -- All Rights Reserved.
Daily Resource Spotlight: Do you have New England roots? While they have many databases available for members only on their site AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS has some databases that are free all the time as well as some collections that are free for a limited time. Are your New England ancestors in these databases? Happy Researching! ~Caroline © Copyright 2013 4YourFamilyStory.com -- All Rights Reserved.
Daily Resource Spotlight: Census records can be very helpful for placing our ancestors in a time and place -- every 10 years. And each item recorded for them in the census can be a clue for further research in other records. That's why analyzing each item, knowing the questions the enumerator asked, as well as knowing the instructions the enumerator was given for each census year are important to our research. And lucky for us, the website Census.gov has both the questions and the instructions for each census year. Happy Researching! ~Caroline © Copyright 2013 4YourFamilyStory.com -- All Rights Reserved. Other days, other things that might interest you... |
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