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Category - Genealogy Research
Genealogy research is a very rewarding process. It gives you the opportunity to enjoy the sense of connection to places and people that you will only get through ancestral ties.
This is the only way that you can get an idea of how your ancestor’s lives truly were and how different your life is now.
Genealogy research also promotes a deeper connection between you and other people across the globe because many of our family stories are based on immigration. Thus, it is easy for you to take the links that you will develop further by joining a surname, lineage or heritage society.
Research only provides a platform where you can do so.
Having the chance to establish the truth and shed light on misunderstood family stories is simply amazing. Connecting with that long-lost family member is also incredible. Genealogy research makes all of this and more possible. It is more than just tracing your family tree.
Mayflower Society Genealogy – You May Qualify For...
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Revisiting Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings Descendants Now...
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Now That DAR Accepts DNA Testing – Will Genealogy Be...
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When Etymology Meets German Genealogy, Ancestors Are Found
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The End Is the Beginning Is the End – Genealogy Is More than...
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When thinking of doing Irish religious genealogical research, a picture of Bing Crosby as the...
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How To Search For and Find Possible Living Relatives –...
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Legacy Books – The Genealogy Gift Of Family For Family
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Tracing Your Polish Ancestry – Geography May Hold the...
“To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is...
Genealogists Ride the Research Rails to Find Orphan Train Rider...
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Pre-1850 Research – The Hidden People Censuses
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Using the School Census for Genealogy Research –...
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Of Nightingales and Genealogy
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Verdict Is In – Don’t Dismiss Court Records! I Swear...
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When my great-great uncle Stephen applied for his Civil War pension, I don’t imagine that he ever...
German Ancestry – Tracing your German Ancestry in Germany
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