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Prove It !!!!

Posted on 9 September 2009 by Linda Elliott
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     For many years now I have recommended that my students get a genealogy buddy who’s job apart from listening to long, sometimes very long, ancestral stories is to go over a piece of tricky genealogical research and tell … Continue reading →

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The Ship’s List

Posted on 9 September 2009 by Linda Elliott
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     This is what it says on the front page of The Ship’s List website……….. The Ships List website, online since August 1999, will help you find your ancestors on ships’ passenger lists.We also have immigration reports, newspaper records, … Continue reading →

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Working Class Movement Library

Posted on 28 February 2009 by Linda Elliott
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Rather a well hidden secret this website. Plenty of background information on the working lives of our ancestors plus a history of the Trade Union movement. You can visit the library at Salford and consult it’s archives. Also there is … Continue reading →

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More online books for Genealogists !

Posted on 26 January 2009 by Linda Elliott
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Here is another web site that makes online books available free of charge. Many will of be of interest to genealogists.   http://www.archive.org/index.php       Technorati Tags: family history,genealogy,online books,free,archives,internet archive

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Genealogy Conference 2009

Posted on 26 January 2009 by Linda Elliott
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Open The Door & Here Are The People is the title of the major UK genealogical conference for 2009. I attended a similar conference in Northampton a couple of years ago and it was great. Total immersion genealogy for 4 … Continue reading →

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