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Lloyd Bockstruck Joins Staff of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, an online publication available at www.eogn.com, today announced the addition of another writer to the newsletter's staff: Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck. Lloyd will be writing a weekly column featuring a wide variety of genealogical- and history-related topics. "I believe the addition of Lloyd Bockstruck to our writing staff greatly strengthens the team that produces the online genealogy newsletter," said Dick Eastman, owner of the newsletter. "Lloyd's expertise in genealogy methodologies, technical topics, legal issues, and hereditary societies is unsurpassed. Lloyd is passionate about heritage and about accuracy in research. His knowledge and writing style should complement...
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(+) The Value of Deed Abstracts by Lloyd Bockstruck
Progress in genealogical research depends heavily on the availability and knowledge of records of the locality involved. Their arrangement and accessibility are two factors that dictate whether the researcher will place more faith in one record group over another. While land records are available for all of the states in the United States, genealogists delving into the families in the southern states are most dependent on them. There are usually cumulative indexes to deed books at the county level; however, these can be deceptive. The remainder of this article is for Plus Edition subscribers only. If you have a Plus...
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RSS Newsfeeds Added to EOGN Forum
I managed to get the RSS newsfeeds working for the EOGN Discussion Board (forum). If you would like to read the new messages posted to the forum in an RSS newsreader, you may now do so by using the following URL: http://www.eogn.com/forum/index.php?action=.xml;type=atom;limit=10 NOTES: 1. The RSS feed will supply the first 511 bytes of each new message. That is a software limitation. With most RSS newsreaders, you can double-click on the message title to open up a web browser and read the entire article. 2. The above link will supply the RSS feed in ATOM format which I believe is...
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Google Your Family Tree
Dan Lynch has written an excellent new book called, "Google Your Family Tree." I have a pre-release copy of the book and can tell you that it is top-notch. Dan went the "extra mile" to create a valuable book for online genealogists. I hope he sells a million of these books; it's that good. Here is the announcement of the book from the publishers: FamilyLink.com, Inc. Announces New Guidebook for Free Online Genealogy - Google Your Family TreePROVO, UT, October 10, 2008 --- FamilyLink.com, Inc. announced today the availability of Google Your Family Tree, a new book that teaches family...
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1901 Kent Census Records Added to findmypast.com
The following announcement was written by findmypast.com:Leading UK family history website findmypast.com has added the county of Kent to its new version of the 1901 census for England and Wales. Just under a million records from Kent have now gone live and can be searched at http://www.findmypast.com/CensusPersonStartSearchServlet?censusYear=1901. More counties will follow over the coming months. NEWS OF THE 1911 CENSUS Next year will see the eagerly awaited opening of a brand new census for England and Wales. The 1911 census has details of over 36 million people resident in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, as well...
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