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Category: Research Trips
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In memory of James W. Christopherson
People in our lives have the ability to impact us in big ways we cannot anticipate. For me, James W. Christopherson was one of those people. im embraced technology. He was a giving genealogist, sharing his research freely. And in the early 1990s, he submitted a public post to the Family History Library seeking to…
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Petition for Incorporation of Milo, Maine provides signature of Aaron Day
A visit to the Maine State Archives last week provided the following priceless document: To the honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Maine in Legislature assembled January 1823. The undersigned Inhabitants of the Township No. three i the seventh range of Township north of the Waldo Patent in the County of…
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The Homestead of John Day of Manchester, Maine
For the genealogist, little can compare to finding the homestead of your ancestor. And with the help of Dale Potter-Clark of the Readfield Historical Society in Maine that is exactly what we did! First, some background: On 24 October, 1796, John Day purchased from Benjamin Allen a portion of Lot 41, then described as Winthrop,…
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Thank you, Ancestry.com, for a Day family reunion
Ancestry.com – great for finding our ancestors, and spectacular for making cousin connections! On February 2, 2014, I sent a message through Ancestry.com to Sherece Lamke, whose family tree contained information on Aaron Day and his wife, Martha. What ensued after that initial contact was a flurry of emails back and forth, as we joyously…
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The hunt for Days, and the importance of original records
I’m a homebody who prefers the company of my dogs and computer to travel. However, there is one thing that is sure to motivate me to hop on a plane, and that’s GENEALOGY! A week ago Thursday I flew to Maine to do some research on my Day family, and then met up with my…
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Mary Hill’s Legacy webinar “Land Records Solve Research Problems” really solved my research problem!
I’ve posted about some of my successes using land records previously, and how I was able to piece together the 18th century business relationships of my Wasgatt and Stanwood families who intermarried frequently on Mount Desert Island, Maine, by using Hancock county’s digitized land records. (You can read my post here.) Having dabbled in land…
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Sleuthing, serendipity and magical Maine maps!
I love maps. They often hold the keys to learning more about our ancestors. They place these people in context with those with whom they lived. They show a community, give us an idea of of who their friends, family and associates were. They simply make it all “click” for me, connecting the dots in…
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Excel, Evernote, RootsMagic, and my research log
After my first day at the Family History Library, I realized I need a major over-haul of my research log. For quite a while now, I’ve used Excel to plan what materials to research at a repository and updated the spreadsheet with what I’d located. However, I didn’t have a really good way…
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In which I confess my sins – Family History Library fun!
I feel like a kid that ditched church to go fishing. I was bad. I was VERY bad! Here I am in Salt Lake City, registered for the RootsTech conference, but spent 80% of my time at…..DRUM ROLL please….THE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The library has been a place I’ve sought to visit for the last…
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Evernote and everyday genealogy
I hate paper. Paper requires time to organize. Drawers to hold it. Folders to straighten it. Paper is messy. Paper cannot be stored in the “cloud.” Paper is inefficient. I have a LOT of paper! Having been active in researching my family history over the last twenty years, I’ve amassed a wealth of paper. In…
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