"During the largest human migration in modern history, Ellis Island processed more immigrants than all other North American ports combined. Today, tens of millions of Americans have at least one ancestor who came through Ellis.Continue reading
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Writing your own personal history is a valuable treasure that you can leave to your family, a lasting legacy. Future generations can look back and view your life, your thoughts and feelings, understand your timeContinue reading
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Sometimes we can get overwhelmed when doing our family history. It seems there is a never ending list of things to do and copy and paste and notate. It is easy to start getting burnedContinue reading
When starting out in your family history research there are lots of mistakes and traps we can fall into. When I first started doing genealogy I KNOW I was guilty of just about all ofContinue reading
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WHAT IS FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY? Did you know that genealogy is one of the FASTEST growing hobbies? More and more people have discovered the joys of genealogy and family history. But what is familyContinue reading
