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Summer Road Trip! How To Discover Your Cincinnati Ancestors in FindMyPast
Explore your Cincinnati ancestors with this virtual summer road trip through the records of FindMyPast. Learn records and resources to further your genealogy research, too!
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3 Great Benefits of Crowdsourcing Family Stories From Old Photos
Crowdsourcing family stories hidden in old family photos creates connections with family. See how Ponga helps you bring the stories to life. Longtime readers know I have been on a quest to get all of my old family photographs identified. I’ve made good progress toward my goal, but I still have more photographs of individuals I do not know. Why is this such an important goal to me? How does identifying the individual(s) in one photograph benefit my research? It’s more than curiosity. I want to be able to tell those individuals’ stories! I want to know the family stories contained within those old family photographs. One thing that has…
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Get the Most from A FindMyPast Free Trial
Ready to start a FindMyPast free trial? How to get most out of your genealogy research and decide if it’s right for you. Spoiler Alert: The strategies I show you below work for all genealogy type free trials! Start With a Research Plan I might sound a bit like a broken record sometimes, but I have to say this one more time. Start your research with a plan! Prepping for a trip to an archive or prepping for research session online at one of the genealogy databases is really no different. You must start with a research plan. Your genealogy research plan does not have to be overly commplicated. Having…
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Everything You Need to Know About the NEW MyHeritage Photo Repair
Old damaged photos in your collection? Use the MyHeritage Photo Repair tool to repair and enhance your old family photos. You’ve found your grandmother’s photo only to discover it has cracks, scratches or worse. Is there anything you can do? I have good news! Yes, you can repair digital copies of your ancestor’s photo using the NEW MyHeritage Photo Repair. They’ve partnered once again with De-Oldify to grow their suite of photo enhancement options. It’s brand new, and is a perfect complement to MyHeritage’s other tools for colorization, photo enhancement and animation. [Okay, I’ll admit I’m still struggling with the animation feature. It takes me back to when I was…
