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Google News Archive: Out of Orphaned Status!

Filed in Free, Resources, Strictly SC by on 21 February 2014 3 Comments
Google News Archive: Out of Orphaned Status!

The Who Hunter is excited to test drive the relaunched Google News Archive for South Carolina newspaper research.

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#genfair2013 Fabulous

Filed in Free, On The Hunt, Resources, Reviews by on 9 September 2013 0 Comments
#genfair2013 Fabulous

What can I say, as a first time attendee, other than I thoroughly enjoyed last week’s NARA Virtual Genealogy Fair? It truly was a fun, informative experience. Several sessions warrant special mention: Zack Wilske’s “Citizenship Matters: Bureau of Naturalization Files at the National Archives” was particularly informative.  As was Damani Davis’s “Genealogy and the Freedman’s Bank: […]

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Make Fast Work of Your Census Research

Filed in Free, On The Hunt, Resources, Skill Building by on 17 December 2012 2 Comments
Make Fast Work of Your Census Research

Over the past week, I have been catching up on my blog reading. There were great posts about conducting extended census surveys, also known as cluster genealogy. I have made frequent use of this technique tracking down my Shivers kin. Jenny Lanctot, at her blog Are My Roots Showing?, found potential family members when she […]

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