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Much like state archives in the US, France's departments have governmental archives that can be a great help for France genealogy research. Lucky for those of us who can't visit in person, these records are online with free access to view and download. There are restrictions on publishing (in other words, don't upload the records to your online tree), but the interface allows downloads of all … [Read More...]
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I love finding tools that make my workflow easier, and WorldCat for genealogy is one of the "secret weapons" that makes my research easier and more effective. As you might guess from the name, WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog and is available online. Instead of searching the card catalog of individual libraries, WorldCat allows you to obtain results from all of their member … [Read More...]
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FAN Club: Friends, Associates, Neighbors
One of the best ways to shed more light on an ancestor's story or to get past what seems to be a brick wall is to delve into their "FAN club", as Elizabeth Shown Mills aptly named it.((FamilySearch.org Wiki Page for Elizabeth Shown Mills, updated 23 October 2015: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Elizabeth_Shown_Mills)) FAN research, also called cluster research, is researching the people … [Read More...]