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Friday, January 29, 2010

Death and the American Civil War

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That's the subtitle of Drew Gilpin Faust's acclaimed 2008 book This Republic of Suffering . (And yes, I know I've already poste...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

La Porte County (IN) Genealogical Society has a blog

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For those with northwest Indiana interests, my home genealogical society in La Porte County has a new blog , mainly for announcements and ac...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Methodology Monday: another look at "mug books"

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Those old county histories have always been a bit dodgy sources for genealogy -- requiring vigilance at least, and a realization that they l...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Half as many kids 1790-1840

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There is a school of thought among some genealogists that one ought not to write about things that would have embarrassed one's ancestor...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

They were never just farmers

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The GenealogyGals don't post every day, but the posts are worth waiting for. My eye was caught by this story from a grandfather's g...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Genealogy in the phone books Chicago-style

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If you do Chicago, you should already be reading the blog ChicagoGenealogy . Today she takes up Chicago telephone books 1878-1971 . You'...
Monday, January 18, 2010

Methodology Monday in 18th-century Louisiana

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The discussion group of the Great Lakes APG chapter recently took up an article by Elizabeth Shown Mills published in the July/October 199...
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