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Photo: Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. Credit: Matt H. Wade; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Tips: Finding an Ancestor’s Burial Using Interment.net

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on September 23, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a free, worldwide online cemetery database to help you find your ancestor’s burial place... (Read More)

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Genealogy Tips: Recording Memories of Your Grandparents

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on September 9, 2024

Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for recording your own memories of your grandparents, so that you can pass their stories down to future generations... (Read More)

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Genealogy Tips: Marriage License Notices in the Newspaper

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 29, 2024

Gena Philibert-Ortega describes a good family history resource found in newspapers: notices about your ancestors’ application for a marriage license... (Read More)

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Genealogy Education: A Glossary

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 19, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega explains that genealogy education has its own language and provides a glossary to understand these terms... (Read More)

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Genealogy Tips: Locating Lost Kin – Abandoned Babes (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 7, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about a subject that often causes brick walls for genealogists: finding lost kin, especially abandoned infants... (Read More)

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Finding Grandma: Resources for 20th Century Research (part 2)

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 6, 2024

In this article – the second in a two-part series – Gena Philibert-Ortega gives more tips and links to help you research your family’s 20th-century women... (Read More)

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Finding Grandma: Resources for 20th Century Research (part 1)

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 5, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips and links to help you research your family’s 20th-century women... (Read More)

Photo: Children’s Home, Boston, Massachusetts, from the Leslie Jones Collection, Boston Public Library. Credit: Digital Commonwealth.

Genealogy Tips: Locating Lost Kin – Abandoned Babes (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on July 31, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a subject that often causes brick walls for genealogists: finding lost kin, especially abandoned infants... (Read More)

Photo: Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. Credit: Matt H. Wade; Wikimedia Commons.

Genealogy Tips: 3 Reasons You Can’t Find Your Ancestor’s Grave

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 15, 2024

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives search tips and possible reasons for why you can’t find your ancestor’s grave... (Read More)

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