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Who Hunter Must Reads: Generations by Jennifer Holik

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Who Hunter Must Reads: Generations by Jennifer Holik

The Who Hunter recommends adding Generations by Jennifer Holik to your “Must Read” list of blog. Her Military Monday series is not to be missed.

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Must Reads – Parallax View

Filed in On The Hunt, Reading List by on 21 October 2013 0 Comments
Must Reads – Parallax View

The move continues to consume all my energy and most of my time but I wanted to share this with you.

Tony Proctor of Parallax View has a unique take on how we ought to be processing our genealogical data. If you have ever been dissatisfied with the limitations of most desktop programs in general and gedcom in particular you won’t be disappointed. Tony’s unique take and technical background in software architecture lead to thought provoking posts on the antiquated way we approach the data we, as genealogists, use every day.

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Riding a Wave of Eastern European Resources

Filed in On The Hunt, Reading List, Resources by on 16 September 2013 3 Comments
Riding a Wave of Eastern European Resources

  Have you ever had a genealogy wave experience? The nearest thing I can liken it to is car shopping. Honda Accords are everywhere, but you don’t really notice them on the road until you decide you’re in the market for one…then you see them everywhere! Same thing happens in genealogy. Eastern European genealogy has been […]

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Must Reads – The Legal Genealogist

Filed in On The Hunt, Reading List, Reviews by on 16 August 2012 1 Comment
Must Reads – The Legal Genealogist

Working with legal documents is a daunting task. First, there’s the Latin. Phrases such as corpus delicti, de jure (hint, it’s not the soup of the day) and non compos mentis are terms you may encounter in your family research. Second, Latin isn’t the only language the law draws on for its terms. And third, […]

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