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American Experience on PBS - 'Reconstruction: The Second Civil War' - Watch it free online - 0 views
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The PBS program "American Experience" is a wonderful series of documentaries about the history of the United States. The series also has a remarkable online presence, often creating unique sites for each episode of the series.
Association of Professional Genealogists - PMC Webcast - 2 views
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As a result of a trial partnership with FamilySearch, APG is making available three presentations from the 2009 APG Professional Management Conference, which took place on September 2 at the FGS Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Online Historical Directories Website - 3 views
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My goal is to have a complete listing for historical alumni, business, city, county, farm, Masonic, rural, social, and other types of directories for the United States and Canada, and then go on to add directories for other countries. There are also lists of resources, articles, and ideas of where to find offline historical directories.
Anatomy of the 1870 federal census - 0 views
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This article is part of a continuing series looking at each federal census individually. Please read the others in the archives of this column.
The 1870 U. S. Census was the Ninth Decennial Census. This census is probably the single most important census for genealogists conducting research on African-American families
The importance of the 1870 U. S. Census to African-American research - 0 views
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When the 1860 federal census was collected and enumerated, slavery was still legal within most of the states south of the Mason-Dixon line. The 1860 federal census enumerated only free people of color in its population schedule; slaves were enumerated namelessly on a separate schedule, identified only by slave owner, age, gender, and color.
The basics of Y-DNA testing for genealogy - 0 views
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From CSI to The Maury Povich Show, DNA and DNA testing has become a part of American popular culture. But what is DNA?
In simple terms, DNA is a string of proteins that contain coded blueprints for our bodies. It tells our bodies how to grow. We inherit our DNA from our parents, which is where its genealogical value comes in.
Illinois During the Civil War - 2 views
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This World Wide Web site presents primary source material from the Civil War era in Illinois. These materials include letters, diaries and reminiscences of Union soldiers. But they also include important documents, images, and other resources from the home front.
Using 'clusters' to identify slave owners - 0 views
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Previous posts in this column demonstrated the use of family clusters and neighborhood clusters to identify families in the U. S. federal census. In this post, we will use these same techniques to identify the last owners of a family freed after the abolition of slavery.
Blog2Print - Print Your Blog, Sell Your Blog Book! - 4 views
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At Blog2Print, you can print your blog and turn it into a professionally-published Blog Book. With just a couple of clicks, you choose a cover, the posts you'd like to include, and you're on your way to creating a Blog Book of as much of your blog as you choose. You can edit your book, add/remove comments, and add or remove pictures.
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At Blog2Print, you can print your blog and turn it into a professionally-published Blog Book. With just a couple of clicks, you choose a cover, the posts you'd like to include, and you're on your way to creating a Blog Book of as much of your blog as you choose. You can edit your book, add/remove comments, and add or remove pictures.
More state online resources for African-American genealogy: Virginia - 0 views
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In an earlier entry, this column reported on several resources available for online African-American research in Virginia. Many more resources are now available, some becoming so just in the past three months since that report, necessitating another visit to the subject.
Our Family As a Whole (Blog) - 1 views
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25 Most Popular Genealogy Blogs of 2009 | ProGenealogists - 0 views
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A list compiled on April 3, 2009
Nominate a Genealogy Blog for the Family Tree 40 - Family Tree Magazine - 0 views
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Do you have a favorite few genealogy blogs that you read regularly? Maybe the blogger offers excellent genealogy advice, insightful analysis or a unique point of view. Or the writing especially creative or humorous.\n\nIf so, we want to know about it. In the May 2010 issue, we'll be naming the Family Tree Magazine 40 Best Genealogy Blogs ("Family Tree 40" for short).\n\nFirst, we're asking the genealogy community to nominate the genealogy blogs they read most. Later, family historians will vote on their favorite blogs in several categories.
I Never Knew My Father (blog) - 0 views
Researching outside of the box - 0 views
100 Twitter Feeds That Teach You History | Associate Degree - Facts and Information - 0 views
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With all the buzz about Twitter being the latest source for breaking news, it may be easy to overlook the fact that Twitter is also a good place to look for information about the past.
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Anatomy of the 1930 federal census
Anatomy of the 1920 federal census
Anatomy of the 1910 federal census
Anatomy of the 1900 federal census
Anatomy of the 1880 federal census
Anatomy of the 1870 federal census
In a discussion concerning the federal census as evidence for genealogical research, however, one must also consider the question: are census records reliable sources?