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Local genealogical societies are reporting steadily shrinking membership. We explore what's behind the trend.
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Ancestry.com Goes Deutsch Premium
The Generations Network makes its first foreign-language site a German one.
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This Land is Whose Land?
Q One of my coworkers told me she’d bought a farm and turned it into a winery, but was having trouble tracing how ownership has changed hands over the years. Any advice? A In most counties, you can research recent land transfers on the county auditor’s or property assessor’s Web site. Before that, research deeds, […]
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It’s Only Natural
Q Several branches of my family came to United States in the 1860s from Sweden and Germany and England—before Ellis Island. Were these people automatically made citizens or did they have to apply for naturalization? Where would one go to learn of this procedure? A Any immigrant coming to the United States in the mid-1800s […]
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Now What? Split Decisions Premium
When a county switches states, which should I research in?
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