FREE Family Tree Template Mini Course
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101 OF THE BEST FREE WEBSITES FOR CLIMBING YOUR FAMILY TREE $0.99 I’ve been ancestor-hunting since I was about 8-years-old. Back then, I didn’t know anything about GEDCOMs, pedigree charts, census data or compiling sources. But what I did know was I had an insatiable curiosity about the people who came before me – - thanks, in part, to the family stories spun by both my grandmothers.One of them regaled me with tales of her own grandfather – a Civil War veteran o… |
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Cemetery Research on the Internet (A Genealogy Guide) $0.99 Because so many people live hundreds or thousands of miles from their 18th or 19th century ancestral homes, on-site cemetery research often has to wait for a family vacation or business trip. How frustrating to find a clue about a family homestead, only to be prevented by distance to visit in person.For genealogists, cemeteries can contain a treasure house of clues for further research. The inscri… |
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Slaves in the Family $5.50 Writer Edward Ball opens Slaves in the Family with an anecdote: “My father had a little joke that made light of our legacy as a family that had once owned slaves. ‘There are five things we don’t talk about in the Ball family,’ he would say. ‘Religion, sex, death, money and the Negroes.’” Ball himself seemed happy enough to avoid these touchy issues until an invitation to a family reunion in … |
