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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Poem: Cause of Death

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Below is the poem which won 3rd place in the Poetry & Song category of the 2017 ISFHWE Excellence-in-Writing Competition . Last year, I ...

Press Release: 2017 ISFHWE Excellence-In-Writing Competition Winners Announced

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Yesterday I received the below press release from Tina Sansone, Competition Coordinator at  The International Society of Family History Writ...
Saturday, August 19, 2017

On the towns of Krūvandai and Čekiškė, as well as the Lithuanian Language

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It is almost a certainty that the surnames Cruvant/Kruvant/Kruvand/Kruvant come from the Lithuanian town of Krūvandai. We have traced ancest...
Monday, August 7, 2017

Amanuensis Monday: Robbie Cruvant - age 6 - on the cover of Sports Illustrated - 1957

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Saturday, August 5, 2017

MyHeritage and Legacy Family Tree

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Last week I mentioned that I had switched genealogy database software to MyHeritage's FamilyTreeBuilder . Thursday, MyHeritage announced...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017

How to Pronounce the "G"

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There is a huge debate over how to pronounce the letter “G” in the acronym "GIF." GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format, and ...
Monday, July 31, 2017

Changing Genealogy Software

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Back in 2007  I downloaded a trial version of iFamily genealogy software, and fell in love with it. Despite some deficiencies in reports an...

Amanuensis Monday: Melvin Vanevery and the El Paso Cotton Growers - 1919

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Amanuensis Monday: Melvin L Newmark - President of Washington University Alumni Federation - 1963

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...

Amanuensis Monday: Melvin L Newmark - President of United Hebrew Congregation 1971

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Monday, July 17, 2017

Amanuensis Monday: Newton Fulkerson and Jerry Usrey - January 1933

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...

Amanuensis Monday: James Herman Fulkerson - Tuberculosis - Age 36 - 1931

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to transc...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Seeking Advice on Searching Newspaper Archives When The Hits Are Numerous

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So a local weekly newspaper has recently uploaded 55 years of newspapers to Newspapers.com. That's 2860 issues. Simple surname search...
Monday, June 19, 2017

Amanuensis Monday: Harold Newmark and the 101st Airborne - 1950

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Friday, June 9, 2017

Frederick Fulkerson (1759-1824) and Elizabeth Pottinger

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Frederick Fulkerson (1759-1824) is one of my wife's fifth great grandfathers. The phrase "Frederick married to Elizabeth POTTINGE...
Monday, June 5, 2017

Amanuensis Monday: Anton Schrock on Grape Culture in Bollinger County Missouri in 1880

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Saturday, June 3, 2017

The ancestor who moved the farthest

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Randy Seaver at Geneamusings asks: Which of your ancestors moved the farthest from home? Of course, I first think about my ancestors who i...
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Friday, June 2, 2017

Tech Tip: Making your Blog/Website more Accessible

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How accessible is your blog/website? Is the color/size/font of your text readable to everyone? Can someone click a button and have the text...
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Monday, May 29, 2017

Amanuensis Monday: The Wedding of Virginia Ellen Cruvant and Ronald Ruben Zimmerman

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Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...
Saturday, May 27, 2017

Memorial Day - 2017

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Below is my annual post for Memorial Day Weekend. A post on what Memorial Day is for, besides barbecues. The above image comes from a ...