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Accents: They’re Not Just Punctuation
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Katie Gale
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June 24, 2013
Last week, I downloaded an intriguing New York passenger list. To my surprise, the customs agent wrote the names and places in German—in bea…
New and Improved: The Family History Center Operations Guide
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Lisa McBride
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June 26, 2015
We are pleased to announce that the Family History Center Operations Guide: United States and Canada has been revised and in the process of …
Department Spotlight: Learning Services
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Steve Anderson
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June 29, 2012
The Learning Services Group at FamilySearch has done a lot to help patrons learn and apply family history best practices. Here are some inte…
The Lives of Our Immigrant Ancestors
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Nathan Murphy
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December 26, 2012
What was it like to come to America in the late 1800s or early 1900s? Wouldn't it have been nice if our ancestors kept detailed journals of …
Can't Decipher the Date in a German Record?
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FamilySearch
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February 28, 2011
Today we seem to deal with dates in a straightforward way. A year has 12 months and 365 days or, if we have a leap year, 366 days. The names…
Trails to America's First Frontier
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David Dilts
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August 26, 2010
The courage and grit of American pioneers who settled our first frontier in Tennessee and Kentucky is legendary. The story of the trails our…
Cinco de Mayo
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Greg McMurdie
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May 5, 2011
Author: Kathy Warburton Today many people in the United States and Mexico will celebrate Cinco de Mayo, in commemoration the Battle of Puebl…
The Mysteries of Handwriting
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SpisakJA
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September 10, 2010
Reading handwriting is part of the mystery and part of the frustration of indexing! Sometimes it’s a little difficult to submit a batch when…
20 “Can’t Miss” RootsTech Sessions to Help You Grow your Family Tree
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Greg McMurdie
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February 6, 2015
The sun shone as you sat on a worn stone bench with your grandmother in the park. “When your grandfather and I were married, we planted a sa…
Who to Follow on Twitter at RootsTech 2015
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FamilySearch
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February 12, 2015
As the world’s largest family history conference, RootsTech is a tremendous resource for both the experienced genealogist and the beginning …
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