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Dunbar Family Records Reach Back to Early 1700s
This outline of genealogical records of the Dunbar family includes an important correction to the family description in the 1893 History of Hingham, Massachusetts. more...
Rev War Officers Start Society of the Cincinnati
The Revolutionary War had ended. Across the nation Continental Army officers were organizing the Society of the Cincinnati, America's oldest patriotic organization. more...
How to Use Genealogical Clues in US Census Data
In: Genealogical Research Methods
By: Jennifer Jensen
The genealogy information in US census records is only the start. Use birth & marriage years, occupation, immigration, home ownership data to find more records & sources. more...
Find Vital Records to Trace Your Family History
In: Genealogical Research Methods
By: Rick Evin
Birth, death, marriage, and divorce records not only document important life events in your ancestors' lives, but also provide hints for further genealogical research. more...
Find Ancestors – 1920 & 1930 US Federal Census
In: Genealogical Research Methods
By: Jennifer Jensen
The 1920 and 1930 Federal Census Records contain much genealogical information, and are often the first public record for beginning genealogists to access. more...
Find Ancestors – 1900 & 1910 US Federal Census
In: Genealogical Research Methods
By: Jennifer Jensen
The 1900 & 1910 Federal Census Records have much data for genealogists, including military service, birth month and year, marriage & immigration information. more...
United Kingdom 1911 Census Online
By: Elaine Findlay
How a complaint upheld by the UK's Information Commissioner forced The National Archives to publish the UK's 1911 household data less than 100 years after it was taken. more...
Sarah Palin's Howland and Tilley Ancestry
Sarah Palin's Howland and Tilley ancestral line gives her four more individual Mayflower ancestors and doubles back on itself to provide multiple descent from them. more...
Henry Sampson a Mayflower Ancestor of Sarah Palin
Female lives in past centuries were not as well documented as Sarah Palin's is, but ancestor Deborah (Sampson) Gannett gained attention as a Revolutionary War soldier. more...
Stephen Hopkins a Sarah Palin Mayflower Ancestor
One of Sarah Palin's more controversial ancestors is Mayflower Pilgrim Stephen Hopkins. Four centuries have not separated the fact and fiction of his past. more...
