Newspaper Wedding Announcements Offer Lists of Out-of-Town Guests
Periodically I check the surname Henritze in various web site and search engines. In addition to Ancestry, FamilySearch, Heritage Quest, Fold3, Google and Bing, three genealogically orientated sites I checked today are: Elephind.com GenealogyInTime.com Mocavo.com
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Books for a Baby Shower
A baby shower is coming up and I had to decide, read the online options from Target, Babies R Us and Amazon or … go buy a favorite book. Surprise, surprise, I bought a book. It was a toss up...
Read moreTop Hundred Surnames in the 1990 Federal Population Census
Genealogists, family historians and researchers need a surname to begin. Without that, you really are searching in the the dark for the proverbial needle in a haystack. When a surname is extremely common, it is almost as though there...
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Surname Mistakes and Errors in Records Make Research Difficult
Anyone who has reseached one particular surname for a while, has a list of mistakes, changes and evolutions of the surname. My list of options for the surname Henritze includes: Heindrix Heinritz Heinritze Henderson Hendrickson Hendrix Heneritze Heneritzy Henitzy...
Read moreSurname Changes
From Adoption to the Witness Protection Program Surnames are deliberately changed in the United States by usage or by law for a multitude of reasons. As far as genealogical and historical research goes, surnames also evolve and are mistaken...
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Surname Evolution
“My family has ALWAYS spelled our name this way, so that can’t be the right record.” How many times have you heard that from another researcher or even thought that about one of your own surnames? In addition to...
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Given Names – Clues or Red Herrings
Given names can be so important in family research. Examining family names for three or more generations can give clues to who was important, who was beloved and who wasn’t, especially if the family included some unusual names. A...
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Revolutionary War Pension Application Files
Researching in military records comes to mind around Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. In the genealogical community, one of the more frequently researched series of records are the Revolutionary War Pension Application Files from the National Archives...
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Revolutionary War Pension Application Files, Memory and a 42 Year Old Photograph
Research Memories – Genealogical or Historical or Both Reading a Revolutionary Pension Application File can be an exercise in futility or an exquisite treasure trove treat or both. The applicant can’t remember exactly when he served or how long,...
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Namesakes – Family, Friends, Military, Political, or Local Heros
Two and a half years ago on a weekend stay in Glenwood Springs, I saw an episode of NCIS entitled “Yankee White.” It was the first episode I had ever seen of this series, inadvertently a rerun of the...
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