Wood County, TX Genealogy Research Community on FacebookOne free online genealogy resource is the Rootsweb Review which you can receive by email on a regular basis by subscribing by going to the newsletter management center (by clicking the previous link). The selections below come from the August 11, 2010 newsletter and were submitted to Rootsweb Review by readers/subscribers. Challenging Spelling I want [...]
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It’s hard to avoid getting excited in the weekly workshops taught by new member Vickie Petersen at the public library in Mineola. Sharing that excitement usually starts with someone making a “Eureka, look what I’ve found” noise like “wow” or a similar noise. Sometimes, however, it’s just finding a new resource. One such experience last [...]
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Wood County Genealogical Society members who have a membership in the Quitman Public Library can access the Heritage Quest genealogical site (and other TexShare Databases for research) from their home computers at www.texshare.edu/quitmanlibrary/. To sign in however, you’ll need a login ID and password. You can get these from the librarian at the Quitman Public [...]
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One of the places you can do free research online is the Library of Congress Chronicling America site at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/. The Search Pages option at that location will search all of the papers now available. For a state-specific search, click on the View Newspaper Pages link. You can search by a person’s name or a [...]
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As requested by several members of the society, a page of general research links has been added to the Bulletin website. Additional suggestions are solicited. When you have one, you can send it in an email to netexas@gmail.com.
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October is traditionally Family History Month. Kimberly Powell at About.com has ten suggestions on how individuals can celebrate this month.You can see the suggestions at this clickable link: http://genealogy.about.com/od/holidays/tp/family-history-month.htm.
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