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Weekly Series: Researching Online – Historical Books, Journals and Publications
Did you know that many historical books, journals, theses, manuals, even yearbooks, are accessible online at no charge? While many of us may have used subscriptions sites to browse newspapers, city directories, military manuals, and more, there are numerous free...
Weekly Series: Using City Directories between Census Years
In our "Researching Online" series this week, we will review how city directories can assist in telling an ancestor's story by providing residence information for years between the decennial census records (which we reviewed last week). Click here to revisit that blog...
Weekly Series: Using the U.S. Census Records
In our "Researching Online" series this week, we review how census records can help a researcher locate facts, provide depth to a family story, and even add (or remove) confusion as names may differ, ages might be false, and birth locations can conflict from one...
Weekly Series: Gems and Genealogy from Passports
In our "Researching Online" series this week, we review the joy of finding gems and important genealogical facts about a person through Passport Applications. The case study used will highlight not only the basic information which can be found, some history on the...
Weekly Series: Researching Online – Newspapers!
In our “Researching Online” series this week, we review commonly used online historic newspapers sites and their usage. Included in this grouping of historical documents are regional newspapers, military journals, ethnic groups’ journals, religious newsletters, political parties, rebellions, financial news, student newspapers, police gazettes and union communications, to name just a few!
Beyond 2022 – Discovering lost Irish records
One hundred years ago, the Irish Civil War commenced in Dublin, Ireland. On 30 June 1922, the Public Records Office of Ireland was destroyed by fire due to shelling at the onset of the conflict. While almost all of the records were destroyed, an initiative was started...
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Image 1: Images. Photograph. Pulteney Bridge. 17 November 2019. Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. Phyllis Zumwalt, photographer. Private collection. For more information: https://bath.co.uk/attractions/pulteney-bridge.