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 * The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy 7 to 11 January 2008 consists of nine courses of study with twenty classes per course. Learn for five days from some of the best genealogists in the United States. Specific localities covered include Scandinavia, France, Wales, United States. For more information visit UGA Institute.


 * Free Ancestry.com Access at Major Family History Centers. 21 Dec 2007--FamilySearch and The Generations Network, Inc., announced an agreement that provides free access of Ancestry.com to patrons of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and the 13 largest regional family history centers. Read on....

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 * That just because an ancestor always spelled his name the same way, that does not guarantee it was always spelled that way by a clerk or by an indexer. If your first search fails to find an ancestor, consider the possibility the name is spelled differently than you expect. Read more...