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Virtual Genealogy Fair 2014 from NARA – Day Three

Here is the full archive of the Genealogy Fair Day Three (30th October 2014) Virtual Genealogy Fair homepage: http://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair Access to the lecture handouts and schedules for day three:  http://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair/2014/schedule-handouts.html

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Virtual Genealogy Fair 2014 from NARA – Day Two

Here is the full archive of the Genealogy Fair Day Two (29th October 2014) Virtual Genealogy Fair homepage: http://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair Access to the lecture handouts and schedules for day two:  http://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair/2014/schedule-handouts.html

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Virtual Genealogy Fair 2014 from NARA – Day One

Here is the full archive of the Genealogy Fair Day One (28th October 2014) Virtual Genealogy Fair homepage: http://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair Access to the lecture handouts and schedules for day one:  http://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair/2014/schedule-handouts.html

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Virtual Genealogy Fair 2014 from NARA

Announcement from the National Archives in the US. “National Archives is hosting a Virtual Genealogy Fair! Join for us three days genealogy! All of our lectures will be broadcast live via YouTube with captioning on StreamText. On October 28, 29, … Continue reading

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Guest Post – Using vintage postcards to add to family and local history research by Kate Cole

Today I would like to welcome Kate who write at Essex Voices Past and is a contributor at Worldwide Genealogy. Kate is celebrating the publication of her book with a book tour and I am therefore delighted to be included on … Continue reading

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FGS – Connect. Explore. Refresh – Prompt One (Part Two)

The first prompt “Tell us and your readers/followers what you think of when you here Connect. Explore. Refresh in relation to a genealogy conference” Earlier we explored Connect. Now we are going to look at Explore. The internet has opened … Continue reading

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FGS – Connect. Explore. Refresh – Prompt One (Part One)

The first prompt “Tell us and your readers/followers what you think of when you hear Connect. Explore. Refresh in relation to a genealogy conference.” There has never been a better time to Connect with others, Explore genealogical material, both on … Continue reading

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FGS – Connect. Explore. Refresh

I heard earlier this week that I had been added to the list of genealogy bloggers as an Ambassador for the FGS Conference 2015 There is a full list of FGS conference Ambassadors HERE. Over the coming weeks and months … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Granny – Annie Prudence Butcher (1879 – 1972)

Today would have been my Great Grandmother’s, Annie Prudence Butcher (nee Harris) 116th birthday. I knew her as Granny, and later as I began my research I affectionately called her APH. My cousins knew her as Big Gran, because their … Continue reading

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Scotland’s Future – The People have Spoken

Yesterday was an important day in the history of Scotland, and the rest of the United Kingdom. After a campaign of around two years, the people of Scotland took to the polling booths to vote on whether Scotland should leave … Continue reading

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