Building Your Family Tree

April 29, 2012

When you begin to build your family tree, you may not be aware of the rich source of information to be found in your own home, or in relatives’ homes. Follow the Genealogy #1 Rule: Start with what you know, and work backwards from there. Here are ideas to guide your searches through your attic, [...]

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How to Make a Family Tree Easily

April 27, 2012

After you have found your family members and have a lot of their vital record documents, you will want to make a family tree. If you are computer illiterate or if you just do not like the pesky things, you can still do genealogy. There are companies who will take your data and make a [...]

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Elmer Ellsworth Lincoln Obituary

April 25, 2012

I am transcribing obituaries from The Scotia Register (Scotia, Nebraska). The Scotia Register Volume XXX, Thursday, November 6, 1924, pg. 1, column 2 OBITUARY —- Elmer Ellsworth Lincoln was born in Belmont, Portage county, Wisconsin May 24th, 1860 and departed this life Tuesday evening, October 28th, 1924, having lived 64 years, 5 months and 4 [...]

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Before You Build Your Online Family Tree

April 24, 2012

TIP: Think carefully first – private or public? Here are five points to consider before you start building your online family tree or before you post your tree to a public site. 1. PRIVACY: Be very sensitive to privacy concerns of other family members. Mother’s maiden name is a common identification key for banks and [...]

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Download Family Tree Maker

April 21, 2012

If you are looking for ways to build to build your family tree with the help of the computer and the internet, I recommend you download Family Tree Maker. Among all software, it’s the most used and one of the best. So why do you need a software like this when it comes to build [...]

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Re: Ursula Compton

April 18, 2012

I found this message on Ancestry which relates to the Enchanted Family Cornelius Compton and Lydia Crawford Hi Kay, Ursula Compton is my 4GGrandmother. I am finding conflicting info from differing sources and a lack of solid evidence regarding the details. I’m glad to share what I have. Daughter of Cornelius Compton and Lydia Crawford, [...]

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PRATHER William H – Vietnam Wall section 44W – our thanks to those who put their lives on the line

April 18, 2012

PRATHER William H – Vietnam Wall section 44W – our thanks to those who put their lives on the line – and honor to this hero who died there Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your [...]

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Genealogy Research in the USA

April 15, 2012

If your ancestors have been living in the USA for several generations, they will have provided many different sources or documents about them, over their lifetimes. Whether they lived in a big city or a farm by a very small village, there are a variety of records that can be searched for more details about [...]

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Interlinking Genealogy

April 15, 2012

One of the frustrating but funny things that can happen when building your family tree is when cousins get married. In the Enchanted Family there are many many cases of this within the Royal Family sections. And every time I find a new one I remember the song “I am my own grandpa”. I just [...]

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DNA Genealogy

April 15, 2012

The next time you are watching your favorite CSI TV show or a particular movie and stumble into the fascinating world of DNA, you might be surprised to know that our DNA can do more than identify a s…

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