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Your Guide To Cemetery Research – Are You Missing Important Genealogical Clues?
Seven step guide to ensure you find all the clues about your ancestor in the cemetery.
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How To Find Vital Record Info When Birth Records (& Others) Cannot Be Found
Explore 8 vital records substitutes to discover your ancestor's birth, marriage and death dates.
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7 Places To Start Finding An Ancestor’s Death Date
Finding an ancestor’s death date is usually high on a genealogy researcher’s wish list. Often that death date can be difficult to track down – especially as we go further back in history. Why do genealogy researchers have trouble finding an ancestor’s death date? Well, several reasons….. Where do genealogy researchers start the search for an ancestor’s death date? Vital Records – The Death Certificate Death certificates are relatively “new” records. Many states did not start to use death certificates until the 1900’s. As a researcher you do not have to go too far back in time for an ancestor not to have a death certificate. When you find a…
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How To Research Your Ancestor’s Estate Record
Researching your ancestor’s estate record can provide a gold mine of information and give your genealogy research a boost! A common source of genealogical information, I daresay estate and probate records are among some of the first records a researcher seeks out. Why? Well, you certainly find information on the deceased, but more often I am after information about any other family members and/or members of the community that are mentioned. Multiple generations, neigbors and those associated with the family can also be found among the pages of an estate record. And… If your ancestors were contentious and tended to sue each other over an estate, even better. Well, maybe…