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Posts tagged naturalization numbers

Start Your Immigration Research With These 10 Steps

American history was made with our immigrant and ethnic ancestors. Everyone has immigrant ancestors. It doesn't matter if your ancestor came to America in the 1900s, the 1600s, or were here to meet the rest of the settlers, all American ancestry leads somewhere else.

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9 Research Strategies to Solve Genealogy Mysteries the Old School Way

Sometimes the KEY to solving a genealogy mystery is going BACK to the BASICS!

When you run up against a genealogy BRICK WALL - try these nine (9) old-school ways to break that wall DOWN. You'll find that not only can old dogs learn new tricks... but dogs both young and old will benefit from practicing these time-tested strategies!

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10 Brick Walls And How To (Possibly) Break Them Down

As a Genealogist... you've probably already discovered that the term "Brick Wall" is discussed almost regularly! We love to chat about the brick walls that are blocking our search into families' pasts. Usually, these brick walls are only detours that we can find our way around by stepping back and taking a fresh look at our research.... seeking out different record types... or doing some cluster research to find a clue buried in the overload of information.

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Genealogy Research Report Writing

We all love and live for the thrill of the HUNT... the challenge of a mysterious kinship or hidden story. We hone our research skills, learn about records and think over the evidence we uncover. But, there's another part of the detective work that we often overlook... writing reports about our research.

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Researching Passenger Lists

When you start looking into family research, nine times out of ten the trail will lead you to start questioning how immigrant ancestors got to America.

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