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Another important section in the old newspapers, also used to draw in customers, was the section which reviewed the passing year. Again as a good example of this type of reporting we will look at the ”Weekly Chronicle a newspaper of Bluffton, Indiana which was published on January 6, 1887” . I have seen other... Continue Reading →
Don’t you just hate it when you put all kinds of energy into finding a person in one location only to find out that you were looking in the wrong place? I took a break from my “TO DO” list and picked up an 1883 Knoxville, Tennessee newspaper; just wanted to relax. I didn’t expect... Continue Reading →
Now that we know how to capturing the screen (do a screen print), we will discuss how to rework the newspaper words and pictures. A perfect example for this discussion is the following item from the “Indian Valley Record - Jan 3, 1935 of Greenville, Plumas County, California with the title of ”Queen of the... Continue Reading →
If you want to see a truly good example of family tree research you don't have to look any further than right here on wordpress. Here is a blog written by a young student that leaves me speechless. The research and the presentation of the research is very professional and at first glance I would... Continue Reading →
When you are building your family tree and find an item in a newspaper, look around for other items about the same person. That is what I wrote in my last blog but I should have written “other items about the same person or subject matter” because today I ran into just this situation. In... Continue Reading →
Here is another example of newspaper items that can be helpful to finding information for your family tree. If you have a minister or reverend somewhere on your tree that person will be named in many newspaper articles; especially in the old newspapers. The editors of the newspapers wanted to sell their newspaper, despite what... Continue Reading →
Today, Jan 2, 2013 I got a message through Ancestry.com from Donna an owner of a family tree thanking me for the information. I didn’t remember what she was referring since I send out so many messages but I did have the message date Sept 2012 and my original message which contained the newspaper link.... Continue Reading →
Caption Reads: He's a Year Old Now... BOONE COUNTY'S first baby of 1969 is quite the young man now. Bryan Keith Olson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Olson, now of Greeley, Colo., Weighed 8 lbs., 14 oz. when born and is now as husky as can be. Mrs. Olson is the former Janice Tilley... Continue Reading →
I was hoping to find family trees for all the people mentioned in this item, but I was only able to find a couple and they never replied so I don’t know if they ever got the message . I hope that this blog posting will get to all the other family members who lost... Continue Reading →
Ancestry.com has a new tool which allows you to copy the information from someone else’s tree to your tree. This new tool is easy to use; a click here, a click there, and the person is on your tree. I tell you this because by using the new tool I was able to find a... Continue Reading →
Party For Mrs. Swope Sometimes an innocent looking newspaper item will provide valuable clues for a family tree. I found the following item back in March of 2012 which seemed to have lots of names but no relevant dates. Relevant dates would be birth, marriage or death dates. Those are the dates which appear on... Continue Reading →
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