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What are the Politics of Your Family Tree?
Here's a fun online tool that points toward the political leanings of current U.S. residents with your surnames:...
Ebola Patients Would Likely Have Been Sent Here 130 Years Ago
When Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola it was unnerving for everyone here in the U.S. As a...
Genealogical Double-Dating?!? The Julian Calendar Explained
Do you know about the Julian calendar and how it can REALLY throw your genealogy research off? I knew about this but...
Prison Inmate Photos: “The Eyes Are Everything”
Matt from Omaha, Nebraska (U.S.) recently told me about a project his cousin is working on that is so cool the story...
Noisy New York City, Jamaican Slave Revolt and Other Digital Archive Projects
Digital archives are getting so much better! They're not just about reproducing historical documents anymore....
Free App, E-Book Celebrate Constitution Day
Today the United States celebrates Constitution Day! On this date in 1787--225 years ago--delegates finalized and...
Family History Episode 43: The Julian Calendar and Genealogy
Family History: Genealogy Made Easy with Lisa Louise Cooke Republished 2014 [display_podcast] Download the Show Notes...
Little House on the Prairie: A New Cookbook and Old Documents
Did you ever watch or read the "Little House on the Prairie" series? It certainly fired my childhood imagination and...
