Posts Tagged Death Certificates

Weekly Updates for 2010-02-17

  • RT @LisaCooke: Had a blast talking with Lisa Kudrow about WDYTYA! Listen to the exclusive interview on Valentine’s Day. Podcast episode 81. #
  • The death certificates I ordered in November FINALLY came yesterday. #
  • Updated old blog post – SNGF

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Surname Saturday: Top 10 Ellis Research Resources

Ellis is the second-most common surname in my genealogy database.  These are the 10 resources that I have found to be most helpful in researching these family members.

  1. Ellis and Keener Connections” – a family tree compiled by Lynda Gibbs and housed at Rootsweb World Connect.  Some of you

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Help Others, Help Yourself

There are many opportunities to volunteer within the genealogy community.  Whether it is working with a genealogical society, indexing records, performing “Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness,” or fulfilling Find-a-Grave requests, opportunities large and small abound.  I would even venture to say that all us geneabloggers are volunteers every time we… Read the rest

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January Genealogy To-Dos

I began blogging my genealogy to-dos last month and I’m pleased with the results.  Having the list out here for all to see keeps me accountable, plus I don’t feel like I’m tearing off in a hundred directions at once.  I can stay focused on what I want to accomplish… Read the rest

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Genealogy To-Dos – December Wrap-Up

December was my first month posting a list of genealogy tasks that I wanted to accomplish during the month.  How did I do?

  • Look for marriage record for John William Stroud and Mary Jane Hemphill. – Done.  Okay, I forgot about it until I printed my list

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Weekly Update: December 30, 2009

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2010 Research Plans

Thanks to Amy Coffin at WeTree for this prompt:

49. Use your blog like a sounding board for research plans. Sometimes it helps to write down what you want to do, so you can plan how to do it.

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Weekly Updates for 2009-12-09

  • Cool, my granny was a one. RT @littlebyteslife: CA #DAR participated a few yrs ago.RT @WWIIToday: Know a Rosie from WWII? http://ow.ly/BiNH #
  • Indexed batch of 10 GA death certificates for FamilySearch. Many died on Christmas. Sad.

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Weekly Updates for 2009-11-25

  • Interesting news. . .DearMYRTLE’s Genealogy Blog: DAR: Online databases now available http://ow.ly/DylA #
  • RT @footnote: Check out our new Native American Collection. Explore unique documents and share Native American heritage. http://bit.ly/sLNEk #
  • Ditto. RT @rjseaver: highlighted

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Weekly Updates for 2009-11-11

  • Visited Murray Co. Probate Ct. to look up West’s in the Death Index. Didn’t find what I was seeking, but did get data on 2nd and 3rd lines. #
  • Added photo of Mattie (Butler) and Charlie Sampler. http://bit.ly/4z0mih #genealogy

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