by Toni | Oct 17, 2019 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
“United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014.” Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 16 October 2019. From “Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 – 2014).” Images and...
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by Toni | Oct 3, 2017 | Beginning Genealogy, Blog, Family History Research
One of the most common events that beginning researchers attempt to document is an ancestor’s death. Most become familiar right away with death certificates, but when there are challenges finding or accessing a death certificate, it is helpful to know...
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by Toni | Jul 22, 2017 | Obituaries and Funeral Programs
Source Citation The Charleston advocate. (Charleston, S.C.) 1867-1868, April 27, 1867, Image 3. Image provided by University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC. Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025784/1867-04-27/ed-1/seq-3/
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by Toni | Jun 3, 2017 | Featured, Research Problem Solving
What Was Her Maiden Name? Soon after beginning your African American genealogy research, you will encounter a predictable roadblock – in order to take your female ancestors’ lines back in generations, you must learn their maiden names. This can be a...
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by Toni | Dec 18, 2016 | Obituaries and Funeral Programs
Another one of our beloved young ladies has passed from earth to Heaven. Miss Etta Smith died Sunday night, March 7, 1897, after long and continued suffering. We are in sympathy with the family. Source Citation The gazette. (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-1???, March...
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