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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Getting around in Rome, Wild West nuns, and more history items of potential interest

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* Orbis at Stanford is the coolest thing I've seen in a while: a model of travel in the Roman Empire. "By simulating movement alon...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Common source vs. obscure source SMACKDOWN!

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In the course of a volunteer local abstracting project, I recently came across the roster of 71 individuals who bought items at the estate s...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Newspapers tie Midwesterners back to New England, and a double dose of Henry

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Newspapers tie Midwesterners back to New England in two articles in the spring edition of the New England Historic Genealogical Society'...
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Monday, May 28, 2012

The toughest genealogy course you can take?

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I haven't taken every possible genealogy course, but I suspect that the Advanced Evidence Practicum is the hardest. It's being offer...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

New on Midwest Roots

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I've added nine more free lookups at Midwest Roots for a total of sixteen. LA PORTE COUNTY * La Porte, Indiana, city directories for...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

Weekend wonderings: discursive endnotes

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Why do so many publications at the state level continue to use endnotes rather than footnotes? Is there an insoluble layout issue here that ...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Hidden in plain sight: Indiana Historical Society manuscripts

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As a member of the Indiana Historical Society , every other month I get a newsletter, INPerspective , in the postal mail from the society. ...