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Trace Your Family Genealogy Through Deeds By Amy Yencer Land Records such as property tax lists, deeds and deed indexes go back further in time that any other type of genealogical research record. Deeds can help you discover your heritage. Deeds can often provide evidence of family history relationships, names of neighbors, how long an [...]

When searching for your ancestors, it is important to know about their life style, medical problems and burial practices. Example, cremation is very popular today. When a person is cremated they might be buried in a cemetery with a headstone listing their name, birth and death date and other vital information or their ashes could be scattered and lost forever—you cannot depend on how much information you’ll find.

Whether you’re compiling health history for medical reasons or genealogical interest or both, you can add a little context to what you’ve learned by researching your ancestor’s illnesses and common remedies. Applying genealogy research skills to gather ancestral health histories gives you an important look into ancestors’ lives—it might also save your or your loved one’s life.

They were members of the armed forces. They experienced combat, suffered wounds and some died. A few won praise from generals, and medals for valor. They weren’t soldiers; they were Homing Pigeons, winged messengers. They had nicknames like G. I. Joe, Yank, The Mocker, and Cher Ami.

Webster’s Dictionary states that an heirloom is a piece of personal property that goes to an heir along with an estate or any treasured possession handed down from generation to generation. Have you been entrusted with a precious family heirloom? Proper preservation techniques will vary from item to item and beyond simple techniques, should be addressed with professional assistance. Proper techniques aren’t always so obvious—just watch Antiques Road Show’s appraisers. Many times out of ignorance we do more harm than good.

I’ve outline a few tips, to insure that your family heirlooms are preserved properly:

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According to the U. S. Census Bureau, an African-American is a person with origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as “Black, African American or Negro.” or provide written entries such as African – American, Afro-American, Kenyan, Nigerian or Haitian. Near the Malone farm in New Vienna, Ohio, is a free black community called Gist Settlement. In days when slaves longed for freedom the Quaker families were notorious to aid in the hiding of slaves during the era of the Under Ground Railroad.

132 million people living in the 48 states in 1940. This makes this census a record setting event that connects people with the most recent family records with the usual questions plus, particularly special information—never before available. For the first time the census will be available to everyone, on line. Also follow link to :”A Short History of the Census.”

The Underground Railroad was not a railroad and it was not underground. It was a term for the covert network of people and places that assisted fugitive slaves as they escaped from slavery in the South. Most widespread during the three decades prior to the Civil War, this activity primarily took place in the regions bordering slave states, with the Ohio River being the center of much of the activity.

ol. Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame, retired on Social Security. He received his first check and looked sadly at it and thought “This Sucks.” He then took his Mama’s fried chicken recipe and proceeded to sell it to restaurants, starting the KFC chain and franchises. As Paul Harvey would say, “You know the rest of the story.”
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