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Women and the Insane Asylum

May 17th, 2013

When researching our women ancestors, one place is often overlooked: the insane asylum. Some of the reasons our grandmothers were institutionalized are quite unbelievable. In the early 1800's wives and daughters were often committ [Read more]

Open request for help in Germany

April 26th, 2013

I will be staying at the Steigenberger Berlin Los-Angeles-Platz 1, 10789 Berlin May 16,2013 and would like to visit 3 small villages, Rossow, Bergholz and Koblentz. These villages are near Löcknitz, Vorpommern-Greifswald about 50  [Read more]

Family History Information Standards Organisation

March 24th, 2013

Do you envision a world where genealogy & family history information is: easy to access, fully transportable to the environment of your choice, freely available, openly shared, easily manipulated, securely transm [Read more]

The Genealogy of a Community

March 21st, 2013

I was raised in the town where I still live, Pleasanton, California. The town was established in 1850. At the time of the 1940 census the population was 1,278 and had changed little since 1890. By 1960 the population grew to 4.203 [Read more]

Avoiding Genealogical Disaster

March 20th, 2013

What would you do if your genealogy nook, corner, office was suddenly gone?  Disaster Preparedness is not something that genealogists often think about.  Often times we’re too busy wrapped up in our pursuit of that long lost famil [Read more]

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