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  • Ever wonder what your ancestor looked like? Explore the genealogy records that reveal what your ancestor looked like.
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    Are You Your Ancestor’s Doppelganger? Find Out What Your Ancestor Looked Like

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    Explore resources to find what your ancestor looked like and if you are indeed their doppelganger. Learn which genealogy records you should research. Do you know what your ancestors looked like? Do you know their physical characteristics? Do you know how tall they were? How short? The color of their eyes and hair?  Did they have any physical deformities? And the BIG burning question on your mind….. Do you look like your ancestors?!  Do you have a doppelganger in the family tree? What is a Doppelganger? In German folklore, all living things have a spirit double. They referred to that spirit double as a doppelganger. Other folklore traditions refer to…

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    How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research

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    Did your find where your ancestor(s) is buried? Consider if you gathered all of the other important genealogy clues in your cemetery research.

    Finding Genealogy Clues in the Family Cemetery

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    Photographing Cemeteries: Telling the Story of Your Ancestors

    November 16, 2020
  • Trying to identify your ancestor in that old family photograph? Start by learning the different types of antique photographs?
    Genealogy Research,  Photographs

    How to Identify 5 Types of Old Photographs

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    Dating old photographs provides clues to identifying your ancestors in the old family photos. The type of photo indicates the date a photo was taken. Photographs are  among some of the most treasured family heirlooms. Our children today grow up being photographed almost daily. Point a camera at a young child and they automatically smile. Check any teen or young adult or grandparent (!) and you are likely to find hundreds of photographs on their smartphone. [I think my great-grandmother Esther Richardson Talbott would have completely embraced the smartphone and its picture taking possibilities!] But this hasn’t always been the case. Having one’s photograph taken was an occasion that needed…

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    Courthouse genealogy research can be some of your most successful research. Follow these tips to be a more efficient and successful courthouse researcher.

    6 Tips for Successful Courthouse Genealogy Research

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    Need more clues for your genealogy research? Explre online and offline sources for social history impacting your ancestors' lives.

    Use Social History in Genealogy Research – Telling Your Ancestors’ Stories

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