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Sun May-27-07 10:35 PM
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| Never Mind - there already is a Genealogy group - Ancestry/Genealogy |
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Edited on Sun May-27-07 10:42 PM by KitchenWitch
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I am curious as to whether there is any interest at all in this type of a group.
I am just starting out doing some genealogy work and I think it would be a great resource here at DU for others with the same interests to share tips and great finds.
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| El Supremo
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Sun May-27-07 10:38 PM
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I'm a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and have Family Tree Maker pages on the Internets.
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| KitchenWitch
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Sun May-27-07 10:40 PM
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I am very new to this. I have run into some anomalies with one person in the tree and am flummoxed about it.
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| Solo_in_MD
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Sun May-27-07 10:40 PM
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There are lots of good sites for genealogy out there, and DU is fundementally a political site. That said, my wife and daughters are real serious about it.
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| KitchenWitch
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Sun May-27-07 10:42 PM
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| 4. There are DU groups for all kinds of non-political things |
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Sometimes it is nice to share interests with like-minded folks.
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| Bitwit1234
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Sun May-27-07 10:44 PM
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Have they tried the Maryland online death index. How about HeritageQuest. Since you line in Maryland if you have a library card you can go to Sailor.com brings you to Heritage...type in your library card number and you can search. They have Rev. War files, and a lot of other things.
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Sun May-27-07 11:17 PM
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| 10. I'll pass that to the rest of the family, though they are back in Calif now |
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Sun May-27-07 10:42 PM
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| 5. I'll help you...what state are you researching in. |
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I could give you a lot of free links. Ancestry is for fee but HeritageQuest has census free. Let me know.
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Sun May-27-07 10:47 PM
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| 8. I think it could be interesting. I have done some research |
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in the past on my own family. I found some relevant records and info on one side going back a few centuries. (A Cornish name to be exact)
I learned so much about the recent and ancient history of these people, their culture and origins. Pretty fascinating.
I received a lot of good info as well from a branch of the family that immigrated to Australia.
It wasn't a common name (Trewartha), so I had an easier time tracing that one down.
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Sun May-27-07 10:53 PM
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| 9. The Mormon Church has an excellent site at |
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Edited on Sun May-27-07 10:54 PM by Erika
www.familysearch.org
They really get into this because they baptize in the name of the dead and think it's their duty to baptize all who were born world-wide.
Being raised a Mormon and coming from a pioneer Mormon family, our family research now goes back into the 1300's.
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