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Kansas Genealogy Resources

Kansas is the “Sunflower State”. Do you have ancestors who lived in Kansas? If so, then you can take advantage of this list of Kansas genealogy resources. This is where to get started in your search for records, documents, cemeteries, genealogical Societies, and more! Ancestry.com has a page filled with links to their collections of records from Kansas. To access the majority of these collections, you must have an Ancestry.com membership. Sometimes, there will be a collection or two that is offered for free, for a limited time. Return to this page often! Ancestry.com will make it clear when a … Continue reading →

Upcoming Genealogy Events – Week of June 3, 2012

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Ready to take a genealogy class, course, workshop, or to attend a genealogy event? There are plenty of them happening all across the United States each and every week. There could be one on this list that is near you! Today, June 3, 2012, the Jewish Genealogical Society, which is located in Denver, Colorado, will hold their annual meeting. It will begin at 10:00 in the morning, and last until 1:00 in the afternoon. Members and guest are allowed to attend for no charge. For new attendees, the charge will be $30.00 for individuals or $40.00 for families. They will … Continue reading →

Native American Celebrities Who Weren’t

I did a blog recently in Green Living about litter and mentioned Iron Eyes Cody. He was the Native American featured in a famous anti-litter commercial of the ‘60s. Or was he? (This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1963 and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed.) As it turns out, old Iron Eyes heritage was questionable. Although his career was built on playing Native American roles and he supported Native American causes off camera, some believe Cody was … Continue reading →

Resources for Native American Genealogy

This is the time of year when genealogists might start to wonder if any of their ancestors were Native Americans. There are plenty of online genealogy resources that can help you get started with your research. You might also try speaking with your relatives, to see what family information they can share with you. There are some difficulties that genealogists can encounter when trying to do research about their Native American ancestors. There is potential that some of your ancestors were “Lost Birds”. In short, this means that your ancestor was among the children who were forcibly removed from their … Continue reading →

Genealogy Podcast Roundup – Week of November 8, 2011

It is time for this week’s Genealogy Podcast Roundup. This is where to look every week in order to find the newest episodes of your favorite genealogy podcasts. It is also a good place to go to find out about genealogy podcasts that you may not have heard about before. GeneaBloggers has an episode that was released on November 4, 2011. This episode is called “Copyright and Genealogy – Yours, Mine and Ours”. Special guests in this episode include Dick Eastman, founder of “Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter”. He discusses the problem of copyright violations when it comes to blog posts … Continue reading →

Oklahoma State Tourism Has New Genealogy Resources

Genealogists who have family connections to Oklahoma will want to check out the new resources that have been put online through Oklahoma’s official Travel and Tourism website. You can link to a specific county, see detailed maps, and even trace your Cherokee Roots. Genealogy has become a popular hobby. Many states have started encouraging genealogists to plan a trip to visit their state so that the genealogist can physically walk through places that their ancestors might have walked through several generations ago. I guess you could call this sort of thing “genealogy tourism”. One way to generate interest in genealogy … Continue reading →

More Free Genealogy Websites

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In my previous post, I talked about four of my favorite free genealogy websites. Besides the four listed in that post, there are many more free sites available to genealogists. Some of these websites I do not personally use, but in the interest of providing you with as many free resources as I can, I am including them here. I do want to mention that prior to posting any of these sites here, regardless if I have used them during my own personal research, I did spend time reviewing each one to ensure I only provide you with sites that … Continue reading →

American Indian Genealogy – Where to Start

If you are of Native American Indian descent, you may qualify for tribal membership and be able to receive benefits from the tribe. If you believe you may be a descendant of an American Indian tribe such as Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw or Seminole, this is an important aspect of tracing your Genealogy. Researching American Indian genealogy is different from other types of genealogical research. Most of the records needed to prove Indian descent are derived from the United States government. It is important to use all of the resources that you have available to you from family historians. The … Continue reading →

What’s New at FamilySearch? – Week of June 15, 2012

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FamilySearch is one of the most popular genealogy websites. They put a lot of work into updating what the website has to offer genealogists. It also helps that FamilySearch can be used for free by any genealogist who is interested in checking it out. Here is some of what’s new at FamilySearch this week. FamilySearch has a blog that is updated frequently. Checking it over, from time to time, is a good way to find out what is new at the website, and also to find out about some interesting resources that it can offer genealogists. This week, they have … Continue reading →

Baby Naming Traditions

Sometimes, it is fun to think about how our ancestors may have felt about doing certain things that we ourselves are doing now. One thing that has been on my mind quite a bit lately is naming our second son, who is due in April. My husband and I had such an easy time naming our first son. He suggested a name. I decided that it was not only a great name, but a great fit with my father’s first name as the middle name. The thing that sealed the deal was that we both thought that it sounded great … Continue reading →